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Environmental Health Perspectives, Dec, 2003 by Habibullah Saiyed, Aruna Dewan, Vijay Bhatnagar, Udyavar Shenoy, Rathika Shenoy, Hirehall Rajmohan, Kumud Patel, Rekha Kashyap, Pradip Kulkarni, Bagalur Rajan, Bhadabhai Lakkad

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Habibullah Saiyed, (1) Aruna Dewan, (1) Vijay Bhatnagar, (1) Udyavar Shenoy, (2) Rathika Shenoy, (2) Hirehall Rajmohan, (3) Kumud Patel, (1) Rekha Kashyap, (1) Pradip Kulkarni, (1) Bagalur Rajan, (3) and Bhadabhai Lakkad (1)

(1) National Institute of Occupational Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Meghani Nagar, Ahmedabad, India; (2) Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India; (3) Regional Occupational Health Research Centre, Bangalore, India

Address correspondence to H.N. Saiyed, Director, National Institute of Occupational Health, Meghani Nagar, Ahmedabad 380016, India. Telephone: 91-79-268-6351. Fax: 91-79-268-6110. E-mail: saiyedhn@yahoo.com

We gratefully acknowledge the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, for sponsoring this study; volunteers who participated in the study; and the pediatricians from Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India.

The authors declare they have no competing financial interests.

Received 10 February 2003; accepted 22 September 2003.