Blood lead levels of Jamaican children island-wide

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 374, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 235-241

  Lalor, Gerald ^a   Vutchkov, Mitko ^a   Bryan, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Chelation therapy; Children; Jamaica; Lead; Lead poisoning; Smelting

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHELATION; FUEL CELLS; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; SMELTING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXICITY;

AUTOMOBILE BATTERIES; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS (BLL); CHELATION THERAPY;

CONTAMINATION;

CHELATING AGENT; DIMERCAPROL; EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; EDETIC ACID; LEAD; SUCCIMER;

BLOOD; CHELATION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAD; POISONING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHELATION THERAPY; CONTAMINATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METALLURGY; PAINT; WATER SUPPLY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; KINGSTON [JAMAICA]; SAINT ANDREW; SAINT CATHERINE;

EID: 33847202533     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.045     Document Type: Article

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