Blood lead screening practices among US pediatricians

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 372-377

  Campbell, James R ^a   Schaffer, Stanley J ^a   Szilagyi, Peter G ^a   O'Connor, Karen G ^b   Briss, Peter ^c   Weitzman, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

elevated blood lead levels; screening

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029827175     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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