Identifying housing that poisons: A critical step in eliminating childhood lead poisoning

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 563-569

  Reyes, Nimia L ^c   Wong, Lee Yang ^a   MacRoy, Patrick M ^b   Curtis, Gerald ^a   Meyer, Pamela A ^a   Evens, Anne ^b   Brown, Mary Jean ^a,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MSE04 ^*

Author keywords

Childhood lead poisoning; Hazard control; Housing; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750047854     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200611000-00010     Document Type: Article

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