Blood lead levels in primary school children in Trinidad and Tobago

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 81-87

  Rajkumar, Wayne Simon ^a   Manohar, Jay ^b   Doon, Rohit ^b   Siung Chang, Avril ^c   Chang Yen, Ivan ^d   Monteil, Michele ^d  

^a Environmental Management Authority   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Blood; Children; Lead; Schools; Tobago; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH; LEAD; NUTRITION;

CHILDREN; SCHOOLS; TOBAGO; TRINIDAD;

BLOOD;

LEAD;

BLOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33646263823     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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