Reference values of lead in blood and related factors among blood donors in the Western Amazon, Brazil

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 426-440

  Freire, Carmen ^a   Koifman, Rosalina Jorge ^a   Fujimoto, Denys ^b   De Oliveira Souza, Vanessa Cristina ^c   Barbosa Jr , Fernando ^c   Koifman, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; PAINT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CASSAVA; CERAMICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIREARM; FISHING; HUMAN; INCOME; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING HABIT; VITAMIN INTAKE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84896321601     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.874303     Document Type: Article

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