Screening for Childhood Lead Poisoning in the Industrial Region of Fez, Morocco

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 442-450

  Bouftini, S ^a   Bahhou, J ^a   Lelievre, B ^b   De La Barca, J M Chao ^b   Turcant, A ^b   Diquet, B ^b   Abourazzak, S ^c   Chaouki, S ^c   Hida, M ^c   Khattabi, A ^d   Nejjari, C ^d   Amarti, A ^c   Achour, S ^c  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HASSAN II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^d SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; WATER; POLLUTANT;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LEAD; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INHALATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FES-BOULEMANE; FEZ; MOROCCO;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84928591891     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-014-0108-5     Document Type: Article

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