High blood levels of lead in children aged 6-36 months in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A cross-sectional study of associated factors

• Meghnath Dhimal ,

  * E-mail: meghdhimal@gmail.com

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-7821

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• Khem Bahadur Karki,

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Krishna Kumar Aryal,

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Bimala Dhimal,

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Hari Datt Joshi,

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Sajan Puri,

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Achyut Raj Pandey,

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Purushotam Dhakal,

  Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Arun Kumar Sharma,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Ganendra Bhakta Raya,

  Affiliation Siddhi Memorial Hospital, Bhaktapur, Nepal

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• Imran Ansari,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal

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• David A. Groneberg,

  Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Ruth Müller,

  Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Ulrich Kuch

  Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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