Determinants of blood-lead levels in children in Callao and Lima metropolitan area Determinación de los niveles de plomo en sangre de niños de El Callao y del área metropolitana de Lima

• Main Authors: Rocío Espinoza (Author), Mauricio Hernández-Avila (Author), Juan Narciso (Author), Carmen Castañaga (Author), Shirley Moscoso (Author), Georgina Ortiz (Author), Luz Carbajal (Author), Steve Wegner (Author), Gary Noonan (Author)
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• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVES: To determine blood lead levels in urban populations of children (n=2 510) and women (n=874) in the early postpartum in certain districts of Lima and Callao, and to correlate those levels with particular exposures. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Between July 1998 and January 1999 cross sectional s...