The elephant in the playground: Confronting lead-contaminated soils as an important source of lead burdens to urban populations

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-45

  Filippelli, Gabriel M ^a   Laidlaw, Mark A S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POVERTY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77950162838     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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