Environmental lead pollution and elevated blood lead levels among children in a rural area of china

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 834-841

  Lin, Sihao ^a,b   Wang, Xiaorong ^b,d   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^b   Tang, Wenjuan ^a   Miao, Jianying ^a   Li, Jin ^a   Wu, Siying ^c   Lin, Xing ^a  

^a Fujian Provincial Centre for Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases and Chemical Poisoning   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MINING; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MINING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79954608337     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.193656     Document Type: Article

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