"Getting the lead out" in Hartford, Connecticut: A multifaceted lead-poisoning awareness campaign

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  McLaughlin, Tara ^a   Humphries Jr , Owen ^b   Nguyen, Tung ^b   Maljanian, Rose ^a   McCormack, Katherine ^b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b City of Hartford Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood health; Community health; Lead poisoning awareness; Public health compaigns; Urban health

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0347126350     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6391     Document Type: Article

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