A survey of compliance: Medicaid's mandated blood lead screenings for children age 12-18 months in Nebraska

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-3

  Wilken, Marlene ^a   Currier, Sarah ^a   Abel Zieg, Carla ^a   Brady, Linda A ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALEGENT HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642514924     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-4     Document Type: Review

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