Primary prevention of childhood lead exposure: A randomized trial of dust control

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 772-777

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,b   Howard, Cynthia ^b   Eberly, Shirley ^b   Auinger, Peggy ^b   Kolassa, John ^b   Weitzman, Michael ^b   Schaffer, Stanley J ^b   Alexander, Keith ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Children; Environmental exposure; Lead poisoning; Lead contaminated house dust; Prevention; Primary prevention; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033059308     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.4.772     Document Type: Article

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