Childhood correlates of blood lead levels in Mumbai and Delhi

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 466-470

  Jain, Nitin B ^a   Hu, Howard ^a,b,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Landmark Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; India; Lead

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BODY SIZE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33644750389     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8399     Document Type: Article

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