The Cultural Parameters of Lead Poisoning: A Medical Anthropologist's View of Intervention in Environmental Lead Exposure
β Scribed by Robert T. Trotter, II
- Book ID
- 124310608
- Publisher
- Environmental Health Information Service
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-6765
- DOI
- 10.2307/3430901
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