Health risk assessment of villagers who live near a lead mining area: A case study of klity village, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 168-177

  Pusapukdepob, Jitrapun ^a   Sawangwong, Pichan ^a   Pulket, Chompusakdi ^b   Satraphat, Duangduen ^c   Saowakontha, Sastri ^a   Panutrakul, Suwanna ^a  

^a BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 33947608193     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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