Use of a cumulative exposure index to estimate the impact of tap water lead concentration on blood lead levels in 1- to 5-year-old children (Montréal, Canada)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 388-395

  Ngueta, Gerard ^a,b   Abdous, Belkacem ^a,b   Tardif, Robert ^c   St Laurent, Julie ^a   Levallois, Patrick ^a,b,d  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; PAINT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DUST; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INFANT; QUEBEC; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

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

EID: 84959316985     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409144     Document Type: Article

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