Blood lead level and its relationship to certain essential elements in the children aged 0 to 14years from Beijing, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3016-3020

  Wu, Yonghua ^a   Yang, Xu ^a   Ge, Jia ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Children; Essential elements; Preschool; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; CHILDREN; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; PRESCHOOL; WHOLE BLOOD;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; IRON; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

BLOOD;

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BLOOD; LEAD; MAGNESIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; ZINC;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 79958723392     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.050     Document Type: Article

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