Effect of lead pollution control on environmental and childhood blood lead level in Nantong, China: An interventional study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12930-12936

  Chen, Kai ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Yan, Beizhan ^b   Li, Hongbo ^a   Sun, Hong ^c   Bi, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POISONS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; LEAD CONCENTRATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROLS; QUESTIONNAIRE DATA; VEGETABLE SAMPLES;

BLOOD;

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH POLICY; LEAD; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; STATE ROLE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DUST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; POLICY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SMOKING; WATER SAMPLING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METALLURGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANTONG;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METALLURGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84908577061     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502994j     Document Type: Article

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