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The cost of being poor : poverty, lead poisoning, and policy implementation

Title
The cost of being poor : poverty, lead poisoning, and policy implementation / Jeanita W. Richardson.
Author
Richardson, Jeanita W., 1957-
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.

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Description
xvi, 204 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • United States
  • Lead poisoning in children > Social aspects > United States
  • Lead poisoning in children > Government policy > United States
  • Lead poisoning in children > Government policy > Richmond
  • Lead based paint > Government policy > United States
  • Lead based paint > Evaluation. > Richmond
  • Lead abatement > Law and legislation > United States
  • Housing and health > United States
  • Lead Poisoning > prevention & control
  • Health Policy
  • Paint > standards
  • Poverty
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-198) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Policy, poverty, and poisoning : what can we learn from implementation studies? -- Ch. 2. A look back at lead -- Ch. 3. Title X implementation in Richmond, Virginia -- Ch. 4. Lead in the family -- Ch. 5. On behalf of the poor : a study of Title X implementation -- App. A. Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act Of 1992 - Title X -- App. B. Statistical data analysis.
ISBN
0275969126 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2005003461
OCLC
  • ocm57675971
  • SCSB-5210452
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries