Geographic analysis of blood lead levels in New York State children born 1994-1997

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1577-1582

  Haley, Valerie B ^a   Talbot, Thomas O ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Housing; Lead poisoning; New York State; Simultaneous autoregression; Socioeconomic status; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW YORK; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 8744287553     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7053     Document Type: Article

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