Short CommunicationCharacteristics of childhood lead poisoning among Tennessee children ages one to five years, 2009–2013
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Tennessee Department of Health for providing the BLL data for this study.
Ethical approval
This study was approved by the Walden University Institutional Review Board (no. 08-29-13-0171767) and the Tennessee Department of Health Institutional Review Board (no. 513975-1).
Funding
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