Screening for elevated blood lead levels

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1072-1078

  Etzel, Ruth A ^b   Balk, Sophie J ^b   Bearer, Cynthia F ^b   Miller, Mark D ^b   Shannon, Michael W ^b   Shea, Katherine M ^b   Falk, Henry ^a   Goldman, Lynn R ^b   Miller, Robert W ^c   Rogan, Walter ^d   Coven, Barbara ^e   Harvey, Birt ^b   Simon, Peter ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Environmental Protection Agency ^*

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Section on Community Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MASS SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031809840     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.6.1072     Document Type: Review

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