Association of Blood Lead Levels in Children 0-72 Months with Living in Mid-Appalachia: A Semi-Ecologic Study

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Compares the blood lead levels in children ages 0–72 months in Mid-Appalachia with children of same age throughout the U.S. Includes a relational comparison of the number of housing units built before 1950 and 1940 in both regions.

R. Constance Wiener, Richard J. Jurevic

Rural and Remote Health, 16(2), 3597

04/2016

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Appalachia · Children and youth · Environmental health · Health disparities · Housing and homelessness · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Kentucky · New York · Ohio · Pennsylvania · West Virginia