Environmental lead pollution threatens the children living in the Pearl River Delta region, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3268-3275

  Chen, Jianmin ^a,b   Tong, Yongpeng ^c   Xu, Jiazhang ^b   Liu, Xiaoli ^b   Li, Yulan ^d   Tan, Mingguang ^d   Li, Yan ^d  

^a Global Application Laboratory   (United States)

^b Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control   (China)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Children; Dusts; Gasoline Pb; Lead isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; LEAD ISOTOPE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84865542595     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0837-9     Document Type: Article

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