Social and built environmental correlates of predicted blood lead levels in the flint water crisis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 763-769

  Sadler, Richard Casey ^a   LaChance, Jenny ^b   Hanna Attisha, Mona ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MICHIGAN; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MICHIGAN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85020730288     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303692     Document Type: Article

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