Screening for Pediatric Lead Poisoning: Comparability of Simultaneously Drawn Capillary and Venous Blood Samples

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 271, Issue 17, 1994, Pages 1346-1348

  Schlenker, Thomas L ^a   Fritz, Carol Johnson ^a   Mark, David ^a   Layde, Margaret ^a   Linke, George ^a   Murphy, Amy ^a   Matte, Thomas ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84942480927     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03510410058033     Document Type: Article

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