Racial differences in urban children's environmental exposures to lead

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1460-1463

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^c   Weitztnan, Michael ^a,b   Eberly, Shirley ^a  

^a Department of Community and Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

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

^c ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029909972     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.10.1460     Document Type: Article

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