Age and Sensitivity to Lead Toxicity: A Review
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Age and sensitivity to lead toxicity: a review.
During the past 20 years considerable attention has been focused on the epidemiologic features of childhood lead poisoning in the United States. Large numbers of children with symptomatic intoxication, as well as those with incipient symptoms, were commonplace a decade ago for physicians working in inner-city hospitals. With the recent availability of improved screening techniques, as well as a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3429042