Blood lead levels in children from the city of La Plata, Argentina. Relationship with iron deficiency and lead exposure risk factors;Plumbemia en niños de la ciudad de La Plata, Argentina y su relación con la deficiencia de hierro y los factores de exposición al plomo

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-306

  Disalvo, Liliana ^a   Aab, Claudia ^a   Pereyras, Silvia ^a   Pattín, Jorgelina ^a   Apezteguía, María ^a   Iannicelli, Juan Carlos ^a   Girardelli, Ana ^a   Varea, Ana ^a  

^a Hospital de Niños de La Plata MS CIC PBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental exposure; Iron deficiency; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ARGENTINA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; LEAD; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 73049101062     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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