Status of children's blood lead levels in Pakistan: Implications for research and policy

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 708-715

  Kadir, Muhammad Masood ^a   Janjua, Naveed Zafar ^a,b   Kristensen, Sibylle ^b   Fatmi, Zafar ^a   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Children; Environmental exposure; Lead; Lead poisoning; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SAMPLE SIZE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; PAKISTAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 44649099495     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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