Current pediatric and maternal lead levels in blood and breast milk in andean inhabitants of a lead-glazing enclave

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 967-973

  Counter, S Allen ^a   Buchanan, Leo H ^b   Ortega, Fernando ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERAMICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4544335126     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000137712.21963.76     Document Type: Article

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