Social and economic dimensions of environmental policy: Lead poisoning as a case study

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-326

  Belllnger, David C ^c   Matthews, Julia A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOXICOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GASOLINE; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031841334     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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