The behavior and routes of lead exposure in pregrasping infants

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 300-311

  Kranz, Brenda D ^a,b   Simon, David L ^a   Leonardi, Bianca G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fingers; Infant behavior; Inhalation; Lead exposure; Mouthing

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; FINGERSUCKING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION; LEAD; MALE; METALLURGY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4344672800     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500325     Document Type: Article

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