Update on the Clinical Management of Childhood Lead Poisoning

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-294

  Woolf, Alan D ^a,b   Goldman, Rose ^a,b,c,d   Bellinger, David C ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERCAPROL; EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; LEAD; PENICILLAMINE; SUCCIMER;

ADOPTION; AUTISM; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INJECTION SITE PAIN; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LOOSE FECES; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH DISEASE; VOMITING; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PAINT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 34247162693     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.01.008     Document Type: Review

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