The influence of declining air lead levels on blood lead-air lead slope factors in children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 754-760

  Richmond Bryant, Jennifer ^a   Meng, Qingyu ^b   Davis, Allen ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^c   Lu, Shou En ^b   Svendsgaard, David ^a   Brown, James S ^a   Tuttle, Lauren ^d   Hubbard, Heidi ^c   Rice, Joann ^e   Kirrane, Ellen ^a   Vinikoor Imler, Lisa C ^a   Kotchmar, Dennis ^a   Hines, Erin P ^a   Ross, Mary ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; AIR POLLUTANT;

AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR LEAD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903779693     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307072     Document Type: Article

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