An evaluation of the Baltimore Community Lead Education and Reduction Corps (CLEARCorps) program

Evaluation Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 373-402

  Duckart, Jonathan P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032105293     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9802200303     Document Type: Article

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