Screening children for elevated blood lead - Learnings from the literature

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-22

  Boreland, Frances ^a   Lyle, David ^a  

^a Broken Hill University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Lead poisoning; Prevention; Review

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SEARCH ENGINES;

BLOOD LEAD SCREENING; REGULAR SCREENING;

INDUSTRIAL POISONS;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DATABASE; LEAD; LEARNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESEARCH WORK;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STIGMA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 36549066666     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.041     Document Type: Review

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