Blood lead concentrations in children and method of water fluoridation in the United States, 1988-1994

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 130-134

  Macek, Mark D ^a,b   Matte, Thomas D ^c   Sinks, Thomas ^c,d   Malvitz, Dolores M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Fluoridation; Lead; Nutrition surveys; United States

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; LEAD; SILICON; SODIUM; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30344469085     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8319     Document Type: Article

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