Lead exposure in young school children in South African subsistence fishing communities

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-183

  Mathee, Angela ^a,b,c   Khan, Taskeen ^b   Naicker, Nisha ^a,b   Kootbodien, Tahira ^a   Naidoo, Shan ^b   Becker, Piet ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Fishing; Lead; Lead poisoning; Melting; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COAST; FISHING; HEALTH RISK; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; MELTING; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUBSISTENCE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FISHING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MELTING POINT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ELANDS BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

CHILDREN; FISHING; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MELTING; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84885838605     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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