Blood lead levels and growth status among African-American and Hispanic children in Dallas, Texas 1980 and 2002: Dallas lead project II

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-341

  Little, B B ^a,b   Spalding, S ^b   Walsh, B ^b   Keyes, D C ^c   Wainer, J ^b   Pickens, S ^b   Royster, M ^b   Villanacci, J ^d   Gratton, T ^e  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c John Peter Smith Health Network   (United States)

^d Environmental and Injury Epidemiology ^*

^e School of Public Health UNT

Author keywords

20 year follow up; Blood lead level; Child growth; Lead exposure; Lead smelter; Superfund

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY MASS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SMELTING;

LEAD;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METALLURGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MALE; METALLURGY; POVERTY; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 71149083764     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460902806615     Document Type: Article

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