Environmental lead exposure: a public health problem of global dimensions

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Shilu Tong (مؤلف), Yasmin E. von Schirnding (مؤلف), Tippawan Prapamontol (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: The World Health Organization, 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
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Lead is the most abundant of the heavy metals in the Earth's crust. It has been used since prehistoric times, and has become widely distributed and mobilized in the environment. Exposure to and uptake of this non-essential element have consequently increased. Both occupational and environmental...