Elevated blood lead in young children due to lead-contaminated drinking water: Washington, DC, 2001-2004

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1618-1623

  Edwards, Marc ^a   Triantafyllidou, Simoni ^a   Best, Dana ^a,b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-KINETIC MODELS; BLOOD LEADS; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATERS; HIGH WATERS; STRONG CORRELATIONS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG CHILDREN;

BLOOD; POTABLE WATER; WATER LEVELS;

LEAD;

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; KINETICS; LEAD; MODELING; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 64349117395     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802789w     Document Type: Article

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