Low blood lead levels do not appear to be further reduced by dietary supplements

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1186-1192

  Gulson, Brian L ^a   Mizon, Karen J ^a   Korsch, Michael J ^b   Taylor, Alan J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Children; Diet; Female adults; Micronutrients

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BONE AND BONES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRONUTRIENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33746889487     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8605     Document Type: Article

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