Adverse health effects of lead exposure on children and exploration to internal lead indicator

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5986-5992

  Wang, Q ^a   Zhao, H H ^a   Chen, J W ^b   Gu, K D ^b   Zhang, Y Z ^b   Zhu, Y X ^b   Zhou, Y K ^b   Ye, L X ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Minitry of Environmental Protection Key Lab of Environment   (China)

Author keywords

Adverse effect; Child; Health; Indicator; Lead

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH OF CHILDREN; INDICATOR; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LEAD EXPOSURE; MENTAL RETARDATION; ODDS RATIOS; ORDINAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; ROC ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; GRAPHITE; RURAL AREAS;

HEALTH;

LEAD;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEUROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE LEVEL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; MALE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70349472920     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.038     Document Type: Article

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