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Risk factors for children’s blood lead levels in metal mining and smelting communities in Armenia: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Children’s exposure to lead poses a significant risk for neurobehavioral consequences. Existing studies documented lead contamination in residential soil in mining and smelting communities in Armenia. This study aimed to assess blood lead levels (BLL) in children living in three communit...

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Autores principales: Grigoryan, Ruzanna, Petrosyan, Varduhi, Melkom Melkomian, Dzovinar, Khachadourian, Vahe, McCartor, Andrew, Crape, Byron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27604802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3613-9