Lead concentrations in maternal blood and breast milk and pediatric blood of Andean villagers: 2006 Follow-up investigation

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-309

  Counter, S Allen ^a,b   Buchanan, Leo H ^a,c   Ortega, Fernando ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FURNACE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MILK LEVEL; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK, HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33947124073     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/jom.0b013e31803225b0     Document Type: Article

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