Blood lead levels of refugee children resettled in Massachusetts, 2000 to 2007

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-54

  Eisenberg, Katherine W ^a   Van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^a   Fisher, Susan G ^a   Korfmacher, Katrina S ^b   Campbell, James R ^b   Fernandez, I Diana ^a   Cochran, Jennifer ^c   Geltman, Paul L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REFUGEE; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFUGEES; RISK;

EID: 78650901485     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.184408     Document Type: Article

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