A randomized trial of the effect of dust control on children's blood lead levels

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,b   Winter, Nancy L ^a   Apetz, Leslie ^a   Eberly, Shirley ^a   Weitzman, Michael ^a  

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

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

blood lead; children; dust control; environmental exposure; lead contaminated house dust; prevention; randomized trial

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029946831     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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