Urinary nickel in children exposed to petcoke pollution;Nivel de níquel urinario en niños residentes en ciudades cercanas a megafuentes

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1039-1046

  Iglesias A, Verónica ^a   Burgos D, Soledad ^a   Marchetti P, Nella ^a   Silva Z, Claudio ^a   Pino Zúñiga, Paulina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Coke; Nickel

Indexed keywords

COKE; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE;

CHILD; CHILE; COKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NICKEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 54349126913     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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