Human exposure to lead in Chile

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 185, Issue , 2006, Pages 93-139

  Tchernitchin, Andrei N ^a,b   Lapin, Nina ^b   Molina, Lucía ^c   Molina, Gustavo ^d   Tchernitchin, Nikolai A ^b   Acevedo, Carlos ^e   Alonso, Pilar ^c  

^a University of Chile Medical School ^*  (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

^d Labor Inspectorate   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

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EID: 32044460245     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30638-2_4     Document Type: Article

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