Safe lead levels: Blood transfusion of extremely low birth weight infants

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 681-

  Nakagawa, Mayumi ^a   Dempsey, Delia A ^a   Haller, Christine ^a   Toy, Pearl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD; PAINT;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LEAD;

EID: 4544388712     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300719     Document Type: Letter

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