Household interventions for preventing domestic lead exposure in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Yeoh, Berlinda ^a   Woolfenden, Susan ^b   Lanphear, Bruce ^c   Ridley, Greta F ^d   Livingstone, Nuala ^e   Jorgensen, Emile ^f  

^a Royal Far West   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ridley Research   (Australia)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; DUST; PAINT; SOIL;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DOMESTIC LEAD EXPOSURE; DUST CONTROL; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD INTERVENTION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL ABATEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BLOOD; DUST; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SOIL; TOXICITY;

CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; PAINT; SOIL;

EID: 84925222585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006047.pub4     Document Type: Review

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