Open AccessChildhood Correlates of Blood Lead Levels in Mumbai and Delhi
Author(s) -
Nitin B. Jain,
Howard Hu
Publication year - 2005
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.8399
Subject(s) - percentile , medicine , demography , lead exposure , lead poisoning , population , environmental health , pediatrics , cats , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , sociology
Lead exposure has previously been associated with intellectual impairment in children in a number of international studies. In India, it has been reported that nearly half of the children have elevated blood lead levels (BLLs). However, little is known about risk factors for these elevated BLLs.
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