Study of environmental burden of lead in children using teeth as bioindicator

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 614-618

  Arruda Neto, J D T ^a,b,c   de Oliveira, M C C ^a   Sarkis, J E S ^d   Bordini, P ^b   Manso Guevara, M V ^a,e,f   Garcia, F ^a,f   Prado, G R ^a   Krug, F J ^a   Mesa, J ^g   Bittencourt Oliveira, M C ^a   Garcia, C ^a,e   Rodrigues, T E ^a   Shtejer, K ^a,e   Genofre, G C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^c Grajau General Hospital   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^e Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas InSTEC   (Cuba)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^g SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biokinetics model; Children exposure; Lead burden; Lead transfer to bones; Teeth as bioindicators

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BONE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIO-KINETICS MODELING; CHILDREN EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

BIOINDICATOR; BLOOD; BONE; CHILD HEALTH; DAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; TOOTH; TOXICOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 61449266461     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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