Potential effectiveness of parents' actions to reduce children's lead exposure

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 282-291

  Porter, Eileen J ^a   Severtson, Dolores J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; PARENTING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034294769     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpdn.2000.8674     Document Type: Article

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