Exposure of young children to household water lead in the Montreal area (Canada): The potential influence of winter-to-summer changes in water lead levels on children's blood lead concentration

Environment International

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-65

  Ngueta, G ^a,b   Prevost M ^c   Deshommes, E ^c   Abdous, B ^a,b   Gauvin, D ^d   Levallois, P ^a,b,d  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Université Laval   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood lead concentrations; Children; Drinking water; Lead contamination; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; LEAD; POTABLE WATER; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD LEAD LEVEL (BLLS); CHILDREN; LEAD CONTAMINATION; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; SEASONALITY;

WATER; POTABLE WATER;

LEAD; TAP WATER; WATER; DRINKING WATER; PAINT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; SEASONALITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANADA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISSOLUTION; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL LINEAR MIXED MODEL; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTEGRATED EXPOSURE UPTAKE BIOKINETIC MODEL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MODEL; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEAD LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUEBEC; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905178026     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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