Portable lead analyzer to locate source of lead

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 495-499

  Kuruvilla, Ajee ^a   Pillay, V V ^b   Venkatesh, T ^c   Adhikari, P ^a   Chakrapani, M ^a   Clark, C S ^d   D'Souza, H ^c   Menezes, G ^c   Nayak, N ^a   Clark, R ^d   Sinha, S ^e  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e Awen Gaia Environ Consult (P) Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Environment; School children; Sources of lead; X ray fluorescence analyzer

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PAINT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL POLLUTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 3142717309     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02724287     Document Type: Article

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