Blood lead levels of contemporary Japanese children

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Yoshinaga, Jun ^a   Takagi, Mai ^a   Yamasaki, Kumiko ^a   Tamiya, Sayaka ^a   Watanabe, Chiho ^a   Kaji, Masayuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Shizuoka Public Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; Children; Lead; Passive smoking; Variation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84861321786     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0216-z     Document Type: Article

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