Clinical lead poisoning in England: An analysis of routine sources of data

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 820-824

  Elliott, Paul ^a   Arnold, Richard ^a   Barltrop, Donald ^a   Thornton, Iain ^c   House, Ivan M ^d   Henry, John A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lead; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032750888     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.12.820     Document Type: Article

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