Primary Prevention of Lead Exposure: The Philadelphia Lead Safe Homes Study
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Primary Prevention of Lead Exposure—Blood Lead Results at Age Two Years
OBJECTIVES The Philadelphia Lead Safe Homes (LSH) Study was designed to evaluate whether educational and environmental interventions in the first year of life for families of newborns increased knowledge of lead exposure prevention and were associated with less elevation of blood lead levels (BLLs) for these children, when compared to children receiving standard care. METHODS The current stud...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0033-3549,1468-2877
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s111