Health impact assessment and monetary valuation of IQ loss in pre-school children due to lead exposure through locally produced food

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-97

  Bierkens, J ^a   Buekers, J ^a   Van Holderbeke, M ^a   Torfs, R ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood lead (B Pb) levels; Environmental health impact assessment; European comparison; IQ; Lead environmental concentrations; Monetary valuation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD-LEAD (B-PB) LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN COMPARISON; IQ; MONETARY VALUATIONS;

BLOOD; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; LEAD; RATING;

HEALTH RISKS;

LEAD;

BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; VALUATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT LOSS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROTOXICITY; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EUROPE;

EID: 84855543084     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.048     Document Type: Article

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