Implications of different residential lead standards on children's blood lead levels in France: Predictions based on a national cross-sectional survey

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 743-750

  Oulhote, Youssef ^a,b,c   Tertre, Alain Le ^d   Etchevers, Anne ^b,d   Bot, Barbara Le ^a,b   Lucas, Jean Paul ^e,f   Mandin, Corinne ^b,e   Strat, Yann Le ^d   Lanphear, Bruce ^g,h   Glorennec, Philippe ^a,b  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d InVS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^f Universite de Nantes   (France)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dust; Environmental exposure; Lead; Lead poisoning; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

LEAD; WATER;

ARTICLE; BLL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CI; CMUC; COMPLEMENTARY FREE HEALTH INSURANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GM; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LOD; LOQ; MALE; MG/KG; MICROGRAMS PER LITER; MICROGRAMS PER SQUARE METER; MILIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT; ΜG/L; ΜG/M(2);

BLL; BLOOD LEAD LEVEL; CI; CMUC; COMPLEMENTARY FREE HEALTH INSURANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GM; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATION; LOD; LOQ; MG/KG; MICROGRAMS PER LITER; MICROGRAMS PER SQUARE METER; MILIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM; SOIL; WATER; ΜG/L; ΜG/M(2);

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MALE; SOIL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884588904     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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