Yearly measurements of blood lead in Swedish children since 1978: an update focusing on the petrol lead free period 1995-2001
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.5.370