Undue Absorption of Lead among Children — A New Look at an Old Problem

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 286, Issue 13, 1972, Pages 702-710

  Lin fu, Jane S ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYASE; LEAD; LEVULINIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDRO-LYASES; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LEVULINIC ACIDS; MASS SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0015529218     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197203302861306     Document Type: Review

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