Blood lead levels in children after phase-out of leaded gasoline in Bombay, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 363, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 95-106

  Nichani, Vikram ^a   Li, Wan I ^a   Smith, Mary Alice ^a   Noonan, Gary ^b   Kulkarni, Milind ^c   Kodavor, Mohan ^d   Naeher, Luke P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^d Panchsheel Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Airborne lead; Blood lead; Particulate matter; Pediatric; PM10

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; HEALTH CARE; LEAD; PEDIATRICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIRBORNE LEAD; BLOOD LEAD; PARTICULATE MATTERS; PM10;

BLOOD;

GASOLINE; LEAD;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEAD; MONSOON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERIODICITY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH; SEASON; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; SOUTH ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33746869703     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.06.033     Document Type: Article

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