The important health impact of where a child lives: Neighborhood characteristics and the burden of lead poisoning

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1195-1202

  Vivier, Patrick M ^a,b   Hauptman, Marissa ^a,c   Weitzen, Sherry H ^a   Bell, Scott ^d   Quilliam, Daniela N ^e   Logan, John R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Geographic information systems (GIS); Lead poisoning; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 81255149942     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0692-6     Document Type: Article

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