Inadequate prenatal care and elevated blood lead levels among children born in Providence, Rhode Island: A population-based study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 729-736

  Greene, Anna ^a   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^a,b   Shenassa, Edmond D ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRENATAL CARE; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 33847050284     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100613     Document Type: Article

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