Manioc flour consumption as a risk factor for lead poisoning in the Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-216

  Carneiro, Maria Fernanda Hornos ^a   De B Evangelista, Fabio Sidonio ^a   Barbosa, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CASSAVA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MANIHOT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873307100     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.752326     Document Type: Article

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