Household interventions for prevention of domestic lead exposure in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Yeoh, Berlinda ^a   Woolfenden, S ^b   Wheeler, D ^b   Alperstein, G ^b   Lanphear, B ^b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DUST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MEDLINE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACUUM;

EID: 44949102436     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006047.pub2     Document Type: Review

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