Lead Poisoning in Children

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 313-333

  Dapul, Heda ^a,b   Laraque, Danielle ^b,c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Chelation; Neuro developmental; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEAD POISONING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAD POISONING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84904338856     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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