Reasons for testing and exposure sources among women of childbearing age with moderate blood lead levels

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-227

  Fletcher, Alicia M ^a   Gelberg, Kitty H ^a   Marshall, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0033008863     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018713515412     Document Type: Article

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