Questionnaire survey of exposure to lead in the domestic environment in Nigeria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-99

  Adebamowo, Eugenious O ^a   Agbede, Oluwole A ^a   Sridhar, Mynepalli K C ^a   Adebamowo, Clement A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Domestic Environment; Lead Exposure; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; SURVEYS; TOXICITY;

DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

LEAD;

CHILD CARE; DEVELOPING WORLD; LEAD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEYING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

AFRICA; IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33751236492     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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