NSW Lead Management Program in Broken Hill
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Addressing decreasing blood lead screening rates in young children in Broken Hill, NSW.
This paper outlines the findings of a review commissioned in response to concerns about declining attendance of young children for blood lead screening in Broken Hill, NSW. A review of the literature and feedback from the local community revealed that reasons for reduced screening attendance elsewhere can be applied here, but that any proposed response should take account of local conditions.
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عنوان ژورنال: New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1034-7674
DOI: 10.1071/nb01054