A multi-level model of blood lead as a function of air lead

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-213

  Richmond Bryant, Jennifer ^a   Meng, Qingyu ^b   Davis, J Allen ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^c   Svendsgaard, David ^a   Brown, James S ^a   Tuttle, Lauren ^d   Hubbard, Heidi ^c   Rice, Joann ^e   Kirrane, Ellen ^a   Vinikoor Imler, Lisa ^a   Kotchmar, Dennis ^a   Hines, Erin ^a   Ross, Mary ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air lead; Air pollution; Biomarkers of exposure; Blood lead; Children; NHANES

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD; CHILDREN; LEADED GASOLINE; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; MULTILEVEL MODEL; NHANES; SAMPLE POPULATION; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LEAD; SURVEYS;

BLOOD;

LEAD;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAD; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR LEAD; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR LEAD; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMARKERS OF EXPOSURE; BLOOD LEAD; CHILDREN; NHANES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878647451     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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