Blood Lead Level Analysis Among Refugee Children Resettled in New Hampshire and Rhode Island

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-79

  Raymond, Jaime S ^a   Kennedy, Chinaro ^a   Brown, Mary Jean ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Children; Recommendations; Refugee

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; REFUGEES; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 84872182251     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phn.12007     Document Type: Article

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