Prenatal and adolescent blood lead levels in South Africa: Child, maternal and household risk factors in the Birth to Twenty cohort

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-362

  Naicker, Nisha ^a   Norris, Shane A ^b   Mathee, Angela ^a   von Schirnding, Yasmin E ^c   Richter, Linda ^b,d,e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Child health; Lead exposure; Lead exposure risk factors and urban environmental health

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENCE; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77950926155     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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