Predicting Children's Blood Lead Levels From Exposure to School Drinking Water in Seattle, Washington, USA

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 288-292

  Sathyanarayana, Sheela ^a,b   Beaudet, Nancy ^a   Omri, Katie ^a   Karr, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; lead exposure; lead poisoning; school drinking water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCESS MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHOOLS; WASHINGTON; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748771786     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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