High prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in both rural and urban Iowa newborns: Spatial patterns and area-level covariates

• Margaret Carrel ,

  * E-mail: Margaret-carrel@uiowa.edu

  Affiliations Department of Geographical & Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-9235

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• David Zahrieh,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Sean G. Young,

  Affiliation Department of Geographical & Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Jacob Oleson,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Kelli K. Ryckman,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Brian Wels,

  Affiliation State Hygienic Laboratory, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Donald L. Simmons,

  Affiliation State Hygienic Laboratory, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Audrey Saftlas

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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