Surveillance of childhood blood lead levels in 14 cities of China in 2004-2006

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 288-296

  Zhang, S M ^a   Dai, Y H ^a   Xie, X H ^a   Fan, Z Y ^a   Tan, Z W ^a   Zhang, Y F ^a  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

Author keywords

Children; China; Epidemiology; Lead; Lead exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350506580     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(09)60058-1     Document Type: Article

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