Lead poisoning in China: A nightmare from industrialisation

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9776, 2011, Pages 1474-1476

  Ji, Ailing ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Luo, Wenjing ^a   Yang, Ruihua ^a   Chen, Jingyuan ^a   Cai, Tongjian ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL; LEAD; LEADED GASOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BATTERY INDUSTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; NOTE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMELTER; TOXIC WASTE;

EID: 79955636884     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60623-X     Document Type: Note

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