Residential lead-based-paint hazard remediation and soil lead abatement: Their impact among children with mildly elevated blood lead levels

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1698-1702

  Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Beiser, Alexa ^a   Bellinger, David ^b   Copenhafer, Donna ^a   Weitzman, Michael ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAINT INDUSTRY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

EID: 0030669082     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1698     Document Type: Article

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