Blood lead levels and associated sociodemographic factors among preschool children in the South Eastern region of China

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-69

  Liu, Jianghong ^a   Ai, Yuexian ^d   McCauley, Linda ^c   Pinto Martin, Jennifer ^a   Yan, Chonghuai ^e   Shen, Xiaoming ^e   Needleman, Herbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Jintan People's Hospital   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

blood lead; maternal education; neighbourhood; parental smoking; siblings

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL SMOKING; PATERNAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555163818     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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