Lead screening among low-income children in Galveston, Texas

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 655-660

  Javier III, Felipe C ^a   McCormick, David P ^a   Alcock, Nancy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032724628     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903801104     Document Type: Article

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