Lead in the inner cities

American Scientist

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-73

  Mielke, Howard W ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

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EID: 0001926210     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/1999.1.62     Document Type: Article

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