Risk factors for lead exposure in adult population in Southern Brazil

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 92-108

  De Almeida Lopes, Ana Carolina Bertin ^a   Navas Acien, Ana ^b   Zamoiski, Rachel ^b   Silbergeld, Ellen Kovner ^b   Carvalho, Maria De Fatima H ^c   Buzzo, Marcia Liane ^c   Urbano, Mariana Ragassi ^a   Martins Junior, Airton Da Cunha ^d   Paoliello, Monica Maria Bastos ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; OCCUPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RED MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VASCULAR ACCESS; WELDING; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84913580237     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2014.942125     Document Type: Article

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