Childhood lead exposure after the phaseout of leaded gasoline: An ecological study of school-age children in Kampala, Uganda

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 884-889

  Graber, Lauren K ^a   Asher, Daniel ^b   Anandaraja, Natasha ^b   Bopp, Richard F ^c   Merrill, Karen ^c   Cullen, Mark R ^d   Luboga, Samuel ^e   Trasande, Leonardo ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Children; Dust analysis; Lead poisoning; Leaded gasoline; Soil analysis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD; DUST; POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANNED FOOD; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LANDFILL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; UGANDA; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHILD; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GASOLINE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 77953242675     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901768     Document Type: Article

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