Increased blood lead concentration during menstruation in teen female students

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 382, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 224-227

  Yang, Ya Hui ^a   Liou, Saou Hsing ^b   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Sung, Fung Chang ^c   Wu, Chin Ching ^c   Wu, Trong Neng ^c,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Taiwan; Teen girl students; The menses

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS; HORMONES; STUDENTS;

BLOOD LEAD LEVELS (BLL); ESTROGENS; HEALTH EFFECTS;

LEAD;

LEAD;

ADOLESCENCE; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEMALE; HORMONE; LEAD; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MENSTRUATION; STUDENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34250628018     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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