Childhood lead poisoning: Conservative estimates of the social and economic benefits of lead hazard control

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1162-1167

  Gould, Elise ^a  

^a ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benifit; Economics; Housing; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD HAZARD CONTROL; LEAD POISONING; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PAINT;

EID: 67650914891     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800408     Document Type: Article

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