Assessing risk with increasingly stringent public health goals: The case of water lead and blood lead in children

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-68

  Triantafyllidou, Simoni ^a   Gallagher, Daniel ^a   Edwards, Marc ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Biokinetic model; Chronic; Distribution; Reconstituted formula; Variability

Indexed keywords

LEAD; TAP WATER;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84898715868     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2013.067     Document Type: Article

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