The lead content of currently available new residential paint in several Asian countries

Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-12

  Clark, C S ^a   Rampal, K G ^b   Thuppil, V ^c   Chen, C K ^d   Clark, R ^a   Roda, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

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

^d SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Childhood lead poisoning; Globalization and the environment; Housing; International public health; Lead based paint

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD; PAINT;

HOUSING; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LEAD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALAYSIA; PAINT; SINGAPORE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; NORTH AMERICA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746089175     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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