Demographic risk factors associated with elevated lead levels in Texas children covered by Medicaid

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-68

  Kurtin, Danna ^a   Therrell Jr , Bradford L ^b   Patterson, Patti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood studies; Children; Lead; Medicaid; Risk; Texas

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030937323     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9710566     Document Type: Article

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