Take-home lead exposure among children with relatives employed at a battery recycling facility - Puerto Rico, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 967-970

  García, Brenda Rivera ^a   Rullán, John ^a   Rico, Puerto ^a   O'Neill, Maureen ^b   Garrison, Geoff ^b   Santella, Dennis ^b   Maddaloni, Mark M ^b   Evangelista, Pat ^b   Cirillo, Argie ^b   Huerta Montanez, Gredia ^c   Caldwell, Kathleen ^d   Dignam, Timothy ^d   Brown, Mary Jean ^d  

^a Dept of Health ^*  (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Carter Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER SUPPLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; RECYCLING; REFERENCE VALUE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUERTO RICO; RECYCLING; REFERENCE VALUES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870952153     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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