Childhood lead poisoning from the smelter in Torreón, México

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 590-596

  Soto Jiménez, Martin F ^a   Flegal, Arthur R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Isotopes; Lead; PbB; Smelter; Urban dust

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DUST; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SILVER; SMELTING; WIND DIRECTION; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; METAL INDUSTRY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METALLURGY; MEXICO; SOIL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79955091153     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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