Lead poisoning among internally displaced Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children in the United Nations-Administered Province of Kosovo

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-292

  Brown, Mary Jean ^a   McWeeney, Gerry ^b   Kim, Rokho ^b   Tahirukaj, Ardita ^b   Bulat, Petar ^c   Syla, Skender ^b   Savic, Zoran ^d   Amitai, Yona ^e   Dignam, Timothy ^b   Kaluski, Dorit Nitzan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^c Serbian Institute of Sport   (Serbia)

^d UN Administered Province of Kosovo ^*  (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Childhood lead poisoning; Elevated blood lead levels; Lead; Lead mining and smelting

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICS; YUGOSLAVIA;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METALLURGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SLOVAKIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 77952897503     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp164     Document Type: Article

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