Whole blood, serum, and saliva lead concentrations in 6- to 8-year-old children

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1551-1556

  de Almeida, Glauce Regina Costa ^a   de Freitas Tavares, Cristiane Fernandes ^a   de Souza, Ana Maria ^a   de Sousa, Tiago Sampaio ^a   Funayama, Carolina Araújo Rodrigues ^a   Barbosa, Fernando ^a   Tanus Santos, José Eduardo ^a   Gerlach, Raquel Fernanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Lead; Saliva; Serum; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS; CHILDREN; DIFFERENT TYPES OF SALIVAS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); SALIVA; SERUM; WHOLE BLOOD;

BODY FLUIDS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALIVA; SERUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAROTID GLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SALIVA;

BRAZIL; RIBEIRAO PRETO; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

BRAZIL; CHILD; HUMANS; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SALIVA;

EID: 77949827210     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.034     Document Type: Article

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