Primary prevention of lead exposure: The philadelphia lead safe homes study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 76-88

  Campbell, Carla ^a,b   Tran, Mary ^c   Gracely, Edward ^b,d   Starkey, Naomi ^e   Kersten, Hans ^d,f   Palermo, Peter ^g   Rothman, Nancy ^e   Line, Laura ^e   Hansen Turton, Tine ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e National Nursing Centers Consortium   (United States)

^f ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^g PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME SAFETY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING;

EID: 79957846472     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s111     Document Type: Article

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