title: Studies of morbidity near a copper smelter.
abstract: Children living near a copper smelter in Tacoma, Washington, have been shown to have increased levels of urinary and hair arsenic. Studies of hearing, blood status and school attendance in exposed and nonexposed children failed to detect any differences in these parameters.
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000506:poisoning*; D001151:Arsenic / Q000652:urine; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002648:Child; D003300:Copper; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008669:Metallurgy; D009017:Morbidity; D010087:Oxides; D012574:Schools; D014861:Washington
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D010087:Oxides; D003300:Copper; D001151:Arsenic