A follow-up cross-sectional study of environmental lead exposure in early childhood in urban South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 935-938

  Naicker, N ^a,b   Mathee, A ^a,b,c   Barnes, B ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Environmental lead exposure; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84889581119     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7157     Document Type: Article

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