Little pamphlets and big lies: Federal authorities respond to childhood lead poisoning, 1935-2003

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-329

  Warren, Christian ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; LEAD POISONING; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244379575     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000318     Document Type: Review

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