Should we screen for lead poisoning after 36 months of age? Experience in the inner city

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 256-258

  Karp, Robert J ^a   Abramson, Jill ^b   Clark Golden, Margaret ^b   Mehta, Swati ^b   Daniele, Rose Mary ^b   Homel, Peter ^b   Deutsch, Jack ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035468175     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0256:SWSFLP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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