High blood levels of lead in children aged 6-36 months in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A cross-sectional study of associated factors

Young children are at greatest risk of exposure to lead and its effects. Although lead is one of the most widely used elements with known health hazard, there is little data on the blood lead level (BLL) of children in the Kathmandu Valley. Thus, this study aimed to assess factors associated with hi...

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Autores principales: Dhimal, Meghnath, Karki, Khem Bahadur, Aryal, Krishna Kumar, Dhimal, Bimala, Joshi, Hari Datt, Puri, Sajan, Pandey, Achyut Raj, Dhakal, Purushotam, Sharma, Arun Kumar, Raya, Ganendra Bhakta, Ansari, Imran, Groneberg, David A., Müller, Ruth, Kuch, Ulrich
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28604801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179233

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28604801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179233

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