Comparing lead poisoning risk assessment methods: Census block group characteristics vs. zip codes as predictors

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-245

  Kaplowitz, Stan A ^a   Perlstadt, Harry ^a   Post, Lori A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ETHNICITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MICHIGAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950357252     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500212     Document Type: Article

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