Children exposure to trace levels of heavy metals at the north zone of Kifissos River

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 650-661

  Evrenoglou, Lefkothea ^a   Partsinevelou, Sofia Aikaterini ^a   Stamatis, Panagiotis ^b   Lazaris, Andreas ^b   Patsouris, Eustratios ^b   Kotampasi, Chrysanthi ^b   Nicolopoulou Stamati, Polyxeni ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children environmental exposure; Hair analysis; Heavy metals; Kifissos River

Indexed keywords

CAUSE-EFFECT; CHILDREN'S HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE LEVEL; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL EMISSIONS; PB CONCENTRATION; PHILADELPHIA; POTENTIAL THREATS; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; SCALP HAIR; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; STUDY AREAS; TOXIC HEAVY METALS; TOXIC METALS; TRACE LEVEL; WATER SAMPLES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); NICKEL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL;

BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY;

ATTICA; GREECE; KIFISSOS RIVER;

EID: 84870719113     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.041     Document Type: Article

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