Synergistic effects of iron deficiency and lead exposure on blood lead levels in children

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-154

  Khan, Dilshad Ahmed ^a,b   Ansari, Wafa Munir ^a   Khan, Farooq Ahmad ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

blood lead levels; children; iron deficiency; lead exposure; serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; LEAD;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE;

EID: 79956343253     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-011-0257-9     Document Type: Article

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