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May 6, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Carla Campbell is the author of a new study on a lead court established in Philadelphia in 2003. The lead court is designed to speed the cleanup of lead hazards in apartments and rented homes.
April 12, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Health & Society Scholar Sammy Zahran discusses his study that finds children in Detroit may be exposed to lead from contaminated soil.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study aims to determine if prenatal lead exposure leads to alterations in the epigenome of the developing fetus. Data suggest the mother's current and past lead burden may have long-term influence on the developing epigenome and on disease susceptibility throughout the life-course.
November 17, 2009 | Story
Ruth Ann Norton Helps Protect Thousands of Maryland Children
March 9, 2009 | Story
Thousands of Baltimore children were exposed to - and poisoned by - lead in their own homes, but cleaning up conditions meant taking on landlords with lots of political clout.
October 1, 2001 | Program Result
The National Center for Lead-Safe Housing, Columbia, Md., provided technical assistance to cities and states to help them develop and manage comprehensive, coordinated childhood lead-poisoning-prevention programs.
May 1, 1998 | Program Result
The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School conducted a randomized, controlled trial to test whether an education and house-cleaning intervention can reduce blood-lead levels in young children who are at risk for lead poisoning.
April 2, 2013 | Story
A grantee’s new book looks at the possible effects of the new focus on gene-environment interaction in population health.
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
This article reviews the field of public health law research and its progress in both methodological rigor and in identifying sources of data.
April 11, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
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