Associations between petrol-station density and manganese and lead in the cord blood of newborns living in Taiwan

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-265

  Lin, Ying Ying ^a   Leon Guo, Yue Liang ^a,b   Chen, Pau Chung ^a   Liu, Jyung Hung ^a   Wu, Hui Chen ^a   Hwang, Yaw Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Geographic density of petrol stations; GIS; Manganese

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; LEAD; MANGANESE;

BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIESEL; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEONATE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL AGE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GASOLINE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; MANGANESE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79351470389     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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