Pediatric lead exposure from Imported indian spices and cultural powders

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Lin, Cristiane Gurgel ^a,c,d   Schaider, Laurel Anne ^e   Brabander, Daniel Joseph ^f   Woolf, Alan David ^b,c  

^a Harvard Longwood Residency Training Program   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Seton Medical Center Austin   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood plumbism; Cosmetics; Culture specific exposure; Herbal products; Indian; Lead contamination; Pediatric lead poisoning; Religious powders; Sindoor; Spices

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; HENNA; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOOD; GEOMETRY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; INGESTION; KINETICS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SPICE; UNITED STATES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; POWDERS; RELIGION; SPICES;

EID: 77950588341     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1396     Document Type: Article

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