Living in a sea of lead - Changes in blood- and hand-lead of infants living near a smelter

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 248-259

  Simon, David L ^a,b   Maynard, Edward J ^a   Thomas, Katherine D ^a  

^a Department of Health   (Australia)

^b Rundle Mall ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Hand lead; Infants; Lead exposure

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COURSE EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SMELTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; METALLURGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34249055006     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500512     Document Type: Article

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