Adult blood lead epidemiology and surveillance - United states, 2008--2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue 25, 2011, Pages

  Alarcon, Walter A ^a   Graydon, Janet R ^a   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 79959972432     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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