Elevated blood-lead levels among children living in the rural Philippines

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 674-680

  Riddell, Travis J ^a   Solon, Orville ^b   Quimbo, Stella A ^b   Tan, Cheryl May C ^c   Butrick, Elizabeth ^a   Peabody, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^c FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FOSSIL FUEL; GASOLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; PAINT;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAD; POLICY REFORM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CANNED FOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PHILIPPINES; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; PHILIPPINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VISAYAS;

EID: 34548694328     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.036137     Document Type: Article

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