Blood lead level and dental caries in school-age children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Gemmel, Allison ^a   Tavares, Mary ^a   Alperin, Susan ^a   Soncini, Jennifer ^a   Daniel, David ^a   Dunn, Julie ^a   Crawford, Sybil ^a   Braveman, Norman ^a   Clarkson, Thomas W ^a   McKinlay, Sonja ^a   Bellinger, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Dental caries; Epidemiology; Tooth; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; TOOTH FILLING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 18644380268     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.021100625     Document Type: Article

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