Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in an inner-city pediatric clinic population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 655-657

  Melman, Shoshana T ^a,c   Nimeh, Joseph W ^a   Anbar, Ran D ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center City   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead poisoning; Pediatric; Prevalence; Screening; Urban

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032410292     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.106-1533171     Document Type: Article

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