The contribution of housing renovation to children's blood lead levels: A cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Spanier, Adam J ^a   Wilson, Stephen ^b   Ho, Mona ^c   Hornung, Richard ^c   Lanphear, Bruce P ^c,d,e  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Lead; Renovation; Repair

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PAINT;

AGE; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH RISK; HOUSING; LEAD; POISONING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFANT; SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; NEW YORK; PAINT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84883582318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-72     Document Type: Article

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