Childhood Lead Exposure After the Phaseout of Leaded Gasoline: An Ecological Study of School-Age Children in Kampala, Uganda

BACKGROUND: Tetraethyl lead was phased out of gasoline in Uganda in 2005. Recent mitigation of an important source of lead exposure suggests examination and re-evaluation of the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in this country. Ongoing concerns persist about exposure from the Kiteezi landfill...

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Main Authors: Graber, Lauren K., Asher, Daniel, Anandaraja, Natasha, Bopp, Richard F., Merrill, Karen, Cullen, Mark R., Luboga, Samuel, Trasande, Leonardo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898868/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20194080
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901768
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