Calls for removing all lead paint from US housing are misguided

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ryan, Don ^a  

^a National Center for Healthy Housing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84876886049     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301262     Document Type: Letter

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