Predictors of blood lead in children in Chennai, India (2005-2006)

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-359

  Roy, Ananya ^a   Hu, Howard ^a   Bellinger, David C ^b   Palaniapan, Kavitha ^c   Wright, Robert O ^b   Schwartz, Joel ^b   Balakrishnan, Kalpana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Chennai; Children; Children's health; India

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 73349126429     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.4.351     Document Type: Article

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