Mercury exposure in young children living in New York City

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-51

  Rogers, Helen S ^a   Jeffery, Nancy ^c   Kieszak, Stephanie ^a   Fritz, Pat ^d   Spliethoff, Henry ^d,e   Palmer, Christopher D ^e   Parsons, Patrick J ^e,f   Kass, Daniel E ^c   Caldwell, Kathy ^a   Eadon, George ^e,f   Rubin, Carol ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Azogue (Spanish word for mercury); Botanicas; Children; Mercury; Urine

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CREAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RITUAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 38349111677     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-007-9230-2     Document Type: Article

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