Suspected lead poisoning in a public school

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 413-417

  Costa, Robert A ^b   Nuttall, Kern L ^a,b   Shaffer, Joseph B ^c   Peterson, David L ^a   Ash, K Owen ^a,b  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Uintah Basin Pub Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031436662     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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