Exposure to lead in children - How low is low enough?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1515-1516

  Rogan, Walter J ^a   Ware, James H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BRAIN DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; PUBERTY;

EID: 0037451908     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp030025     Document Type: Review

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