Relationship between blood lead concentration and nutritional status among Malay primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Mohd Elias, Saliza, Abdullah, Abdul Salam, Hashim, Zailina, Hashim, Jamal Hisham, Marjan, Zamaliah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2007
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16486/1/Relationship%20between%20blood%20lead%20concentration%20and%20nutritional%20status%20among%20Malay%20primary%20school%20children%20in%20Kuala%20Lumpur.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16486/; http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav

A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify the relationship between blood lead concentration and nutritional status among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur. A total of 225 Malay students, 113 male and 112 female, aged 6.3 to 9.8 were selected through a stratified random sampling method....