Research Catalog

Title

Improving childhood blood lead level screening, reporting, and surveillance in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania / Donna Keyser ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Health, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Keyser, Donna
• RAND Health
• Rand Corporation

Description

xxiv, 61 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

Lead poisoning remains a serious, preventable environmental health threat to young children, and its elimination is a key goal of U.S. public health policy. This report focuses on screening, reporting, and surveillance of childhood blood lead levels in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, through a review of relevant literature, state and county reporting and surveillance databases, and interviews and focus groups.

Series Statement

Rand Corporation monograph series

Uniform Title

Rand Corporation monograph series

Subject

• Safety Management
• Program Evaluation
• Mass Screening
• Infant
• Child
• Lead Poisoning > epidemiology
• Lead Poisoning > blood
• Lead poisoning in children > Pennsylvania > Allegheny County > Prevention > Statistics
• Medical screening > Pennsylvania > Allegheny County
• Pennsylvania

Genre/Form

Statistics

Note

• "Prepared for Healthy Home Resources."
• "MG-423-HHR."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-61).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Existing data on childhood blood lead screening, reporting, and surveillance in Allegheny county -- Screening for childhood lead poisoning in Allegheny county -- Reporting and surveillance for childhood lead poisoning in Allegheny county.

ISBN

0833039458 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006010689

OCLC

• 65617382
• SCSB-9894011

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library