Community blood lead survey with emphasis on preschool children following lead dust pollution in Esperance, Western Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-175

  Rossi, Enrico ^a   Mclaughlin, Virginia ^b   Joseph, John ^a   Bulsara, Max ^c   Coleman, Kerryn ^d   Douglas, Charles ^e   Robertson, Andrew ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d Health Gains Planning   (Australia)

^e WA Country Health Service Goldfields   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Children; Environmental pollution; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861181554     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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