Lead poisoning

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue , 2004, Pages 209-222

  Needleman, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; GASOLINE; LEAD; SUCCIMER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYTIC METHOD; BEHAVIOR; BIOSPHERE; COGNITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD;

EID: 1542329045     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.55.091902.103653     Document Type: Review

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