Environmental burden of disease due to lead in urban children from Silesia, Poland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-79

  Jarosińska, Dorota ^a   Biesiada, Marek ^a,b   Muszyńska Graca, Maja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Environmental burden of disease; Lead; Management of environment and health; Poland; Silesia; Urban children

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; NEUROLOGY; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH; POLAND; SILESIA; URBAN CHILDREN;

LEAD;

LEAD;

BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROTOXICITY; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; MENTAL RETARDATION; POLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SILESIA;

EID: 33746214769     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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