The Cost of Being Poor
Subtitle: Poverty, Lead Poisoning, and Policy Implementation
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780275969127
Subjects: Child welfare; Personal & public health; Poverty; Public Health; Toxicology; Medical / Public Health; Medical / Nursing; Government policy; Lead poisoning in children; Prevention; Richmond; Social aspects; United States; Virginia; Medical
First sentence: Lead poisoning may appear to be a dated environmental and health issue without much currency in the twenty-first century, when other pressing national issues have deposed lead from the consciousness of many in the United States.