Lead poisoning: A disease for the next millennium

Current Problems in Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 62-70

  Markowitz, Morri ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URINE;

CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034145645     PISSN: 00459380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mps.2000.104053     Document Type: Article

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