A community outreach lead screening program using capillary blood collected on filter paper

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 455-458

  Holtrop, Teresa G ^a,c   Yee, Hugh Y ^a   Simpson, Pippa M ^a   Kauffman, Ralph E ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOFILTER; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0031747858     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.5.455     Document Type: Article

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