Do us ambient air lead levels have a significant impact on childhood blood lead levels: Results of a national study

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Brink, Luann L ^a,b   Talbott, Evelyn O ^a,b   Sharma, Ravi K ^a,b   Marsh, Gary M ^a,b   Wu, Wen Chi ^a,b   Rager, Judith R ^a,b   Strosnider, Heather M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; AIR POLLUTANT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883164674     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/278042     Document Type: Article

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