Unsafe harbor?: Elevated blood lead levels in refugee children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Schmidt, Charles W ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE;

CHILD; CULTURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; REFUGEES;

EID: 84878453123     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a190     Document Type: Article

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