Open AccessStudies of morbidity near a copper smelter.
Author(s) -
Samuel Milham
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.7719131
Subject(s) - arsenic , copper , smelting , medicine , environmental health , urinary system , attendance , toxicology , physiology , metallurgy , biology , materials science , economics , economic growth
Children living near a copper smelter in Tacoma, Washington, have been shown to have increased levels of urinary and hair arsenic. Studies of hearing, blood status and school attendance in exposed and nonexposed children failed to detect any differences in these parameters.
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