Lead exposure among children from native communities of the Peruvian Amazon basin

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-302

  Anticona, Cynthia ^a   Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^a   Sebastian, Miguel San ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood; Lead poisoning; Nervous system; Peru; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; FISHING; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEAD; LOGISTICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PERU; RISK FACTORS;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 84864182636     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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