Monitoring of lead load and its effect on neonatal behavioral neurological assessment scores in Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling town in China

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1233-1238

  Li, Yan ^a   Xu, Xijin ^a   Wu, Kusheng ^a   Chen, Gangjian ^a   Liu, Junxiao ^a   Chen, Songjian ^a   Gu, Chengwu ^a   Zhang, Bao ^a   Zheng, Liangkai ^a   Zhengx, Minghao ^a,b   Huo, Xia ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MECONIUM; NEONATAL BEHAVIOR NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT SCORE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; SCORING SYSTEM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MECONIUM; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 53649099206     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b804959a     Document Type: Article

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