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Lead and childhood propensity to infectious and allergic disorders: Is there an association?

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  1. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods' Hole, 02543, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael B. Rabinowitz

  2. Neuroepidemiology Unit, Mental Retardation Research Center, Children's Hospital, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael B. Rabinowitz, Elizabeth N. Allred, David C. Bellinger & Alan Leviton

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 15213, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Herbert L. Needleman

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Rabinowitz, M.B., Allred, E.N., Bellinger, D.C. et al. Lead and childhood propensity to infectious and allergic disorders: Is there an association?. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44, 657–660 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701784

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