An Archaeological-Genealogical Analysis of Public Health Discourse on Lead: Reformulating Lead-based Paint as a Problem in Canada

Lead is a serious developmental neurotoxin with the capacity to interrupt brain development and impair functioning. Since at least 1930 numerous case studies in American, Canadian and Australian literature have identified lead based paint in the home as a source of poisoning for young children; and...

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Main Author: O'Grady, Kelly
Other Authors: Perron, Amélie
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19787
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4437