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Lead Poisoning

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

James Payton Leake Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 335
Abstract

Contains correspondence, reprints, studies, talks and reports, and clippings documenting Dr. Leake's career in epidemiology.

Dates: 1909-1980

Jane Lin-Fu papers

 Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2019-021
Abstract Reading files (chron files) documenting the pediatrician Dr. Lin-Fu's career working for the Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance, Division of Maternal and Child Health as an expert in lead poisoning in children and the health effects of environmental lead pollution. Her 1967 article "Lead poisoning in children", 1972 article "Undue absorption of lead in children", along with the 1971 Surgeon General's Policy Statement on Medical Aspects of Childhood Lead Poisoning, helped define...
Dates: 1971-1991

Kathryn R. Mahaffey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 635
Abstract

Articles, reports, presentations, and research data compiled and generated by Dr. Kathryn Mahaffey which document studies of chemical contaminants in foods, especially lead and mercury, and measures taken to reduce risk from the 1970s through the 2000s.

Dates: 1972-2009