The national trend of blood lead levels among Chinese children aged 0-18years old, 1990-2012

Environment International

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-117

  Li, Min ming ^a   Cao, Jia ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Cai, Shi zhong ^a   Shen, Xiao ming ^a   Yan, Chong huai ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

0 18year old population; Blood lead level; Children; Chinese; Lead; Trend

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; LEAD; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

0-18YEAR OLD POPULATION; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; CHILDREN; CHINESE; TREND;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

LEAD;

BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEAD; TREND ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY;

CHINA;

0-18YEAR OLD POPULATION; BLOOD LEAD LEVEL; CHILDREN; CHINESE; LEAD; TREND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84903789579     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.06.005     Document Type: Review

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