OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of lead poisoning in children and to identify associated factors, as well as possible local sources of contamination. METHODS: A cross-sectional prevalence study conducted in 2006 with a random sample of 97 children age zero to five years from a neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. Blood lead levels were measured and a questionnaire administered to collect information on sociodemographics, recycling and dwelling. A preliminary environmental evaluation was carried out with direct analysis of soil and indirect analysis of air pollution with bioindicators to identify possible sources of contamination. To analyze lead concentrations from the different collection sites, for each type of material st...
Introduction: A battery recycling plant located in an urbanized area contaminated the environment wi...
The lead contamination in children has been the subject of research in the field of public health. T...
As a part of environmental health surveillance programs related to Portuguese solid waste incinerato...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of lead poisoning in children and to identify associated facto...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of lead poisoning in children and to identify associated facto...
Environmental lead poisoning among children in Porto Alegre state, Southern Brazil Intoxicação ambie...
Introdução: Intoxicação ambiental por chumbo é uma questão extensamente investigada em diversos país...
Introdução: Intoxicação ambiental por chumbo é uma questão extensamente investigada em diversos país...
Texto completo: acesso restrito. p. 2593-2603Lead (Pb) is a toxic heavy metal that is widely distrib...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the lead serum levels among children from a rural area where there were thr...
The aim of this study is to describe the blood lead levels (BLLs) of the population living in inform...
During the past 50 years the Ribeira river valley, in the southern part of the state of Sao Paulo, B...
This study investigated the children s intellectual development with high and low blood lead level w...
Introdução - A intoxicação por chumbo é um conhecido problema de saúde pública e o envenenamento por...
Introdução - A intoxicação por chumbo é um conhecido problema de saúde pública e o envenenamento por...
Introduction: A battery recycling plant located in an urbanized area contaminated the environment wi...
The lead contamination in children has been the subject of research in the field of public health. T...
As a part of environmental health surveillance programs related to Portuguese solid waste incinerato...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of lead poisoning in children and to identify associated facto...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of lead poisoning in children and to identify associated facto...
Environmental lead poisoning among children in Porto Alegre state, Southern Brazil Intoxicação ambie...
Introdução: Intoxicação ambiental por chumbo é uma questão extensamente investigada em diversos país...
Introdução: Intoxicação ambiental por chumbo é uma questão extensamente investigada em diversos país...
Texto completo: acesso restrito. p. 2593-2603Lead (Pb) is a toxic heavy metal that is widely distrib...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the lead serum levels among children from a rural area where there were thr...
The aim of this study is to describe the blood lead levels (BLLs) of the population living in inform...
During the past 50 years the Ribeira river valley, in the southern part of the state of Sao Paulo, B...
This study investigated the children s intellectual development with high and low blood lead level w...
Introdução - A intoxicação por chumbo é um conhecido problema de saúde pública e o envenenamento por...
Introdução - A intoxicação por chumbo é um conhecido problema de saúde pública e o envenenamento por...
Introduction: A battery recycling plant located in an urbanized area contaminated the environment wi...
The lead contamination in children has been the subject of research in the field of public health. T...
As a part of environmental health surveillance programs related to Portuguese solid waste incinerato...