Lead and aluminium levels in infants' hair, diet, and the local environment in the Moroccan city of Marrakech

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 377, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 152-158

  Zaida, Farida ^a   Chadrame, Souad ^a   Sedki, Azeddine ^a   Lekouch, Nadra ^a   Bureau, François ^b   Arhan, Pierre ^b   Bouglé, Dominique ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Service de Pédiatrie et Néonatologie   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Diet; Hair; Infants; Lead; Marrakech; Morocco; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION; POTABLE WATER; SOILS;

GENDER; HAIR; INFANTS;

LEAD;

ALUMINUM; DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

ALUMINUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; DRINKING WATER; FOOD POISONING; HAIR; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEANING;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; CITIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; MOROCCO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; MARRAKECH [(CTY) MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ]; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34247617224     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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