Elevated blood-lead levels among children living in the rural Philippines

OBJECTIVE Generally, lead poisoning is not considered a significant environmental hazard for children in rural areas of developing countries. With a prospectively designed policy experiment, the research community and the government are conducting a broad-based investigation to introduce and evaluat...

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Main Authors: Travis J Riddell, Orville Solon, Stella A Quimbo, Cheryl May C Tan, Elizabeth Butrick, John W Peabody
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2007-09-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000900012&lng=en&tlng=en