D.C. Mounts Unfunded Program of Screening for Lead Poisoning
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Lead Poisoning: From Screening to Primary Prevention
Knowledge of the extent and seriousness of childhood lead poisoning has vastly expanded since the last statement regarding lead poisoning by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1987.’ Blood lead 1evels once thought to be safe have been shown to be associated with IQ deficits, behavior disorders, slowed growth, and impaired hearing.2 In fact, lead poisoning is, according to the Department of H...
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Knowledge of the extent and seriousness of childhood lead poisoning has vastly expanded since the last statement regarding lead poisoning by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1987.’ Blood lead 1evels once thought to be safe have been shown to be associated with IQ deficits, behavior disorders, slowed growth, and impaired hearing.2 In fact, lead poisoning is, according to the Department of H...
متن کاملLead poisoning: from screening to primary prevention.
Knowledge of the extent and seriousness of childhood lead poisoning has vastly expanded since the last statement regarding lead poisoning by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1987.’ Blood lead 1evels once thought to be safe have been shown to be associated with IQ deficits, behavior disorders, slowed growth, and impaired hearing.2 In fact, lead poisoning is, according to the Department of H...
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CONTEXT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages the use of risk factor questionnaires to screen children for lead poisoning. A majority of state health departments have formal lead screening guidelines that recommend health care providers use questionnaires. OBJECTIVE We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the ability of lead screening questionnaires to predict lead po...
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A biphase program of screening and treating high-risk children for lead poisoning resulted in a 30% fall in mean lead values in the target areas over a 5-year period. The mean and median for subjects under 6 years was 4-10 mug/100 ml higher than for those over 6. Median for a high incidence area was 42 mug/100 ml in 1967 and 30.0 in 1971; for a low incidence area, 33 and 20 mug/100 ml in the eq...
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عنوان ژورنال: HSMHA Health Reports
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0083-1204
DOI: 10.2307/4594180