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

• Main Authors: Travis J Riddell (Author), Orville Solon (Author), Stella A Quimbo (Author), Cheryl May C Tan (Author), Elizabeth Butrick (Author), John W Peabody (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...