Town and gender effects on hair lead levels in children from three Sardinian Towns (Italy) with different environmental backgrounds

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-59

  Sanna, Emanuele ^a   Floris, Giovanni ^a   Vallascas, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boys; Girls; Hair; Lead; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; URBAN POPULATION; CHEMISTRY; CITY; HAIR; ITALY; LEAD POISONING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; ITALY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 55249106926     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8122-y     Document Type: Article

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