Health impacts associated with the implementation of a national petrol-lead phase-out program (PLPOP): Evidence from Taiwan between 1981 and 2007

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 863-867

  Wu, Wei Te ^a   Tsai, Perng Jy ^b   Yang, Ya Hui ^c   Yang, Chun Yuh ^d   Cheng, Kuang Fu ^e   Wu, Trong Neng ^a,e,f  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Environmental lead emission; Mortality rate; Petrol lead phase out program

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEART DISEASE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LEAD EMISSION; LEAD EXPOSURE; LEADED PETROL; MORTALITY RATE; P-VALUES; PER CAPITA INCOME; PETROL-LEAD PHASE-OUT PROGRAM; STANDARD POPULATION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; UNLEADED PETROL;

BLOOD; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GASOLINE;

PATHOLOGY;

GASOLINE; LEAD;

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPERTENSION; LEAD; MORTALITY; PETROLEUM;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HYPERTENSION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEPHROSIS; PETROL LEAD PHASE OUT PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEAD; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEPHROSIS; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

TAIWAN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78651437397     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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