Resource: Revised Lead Poisoning Prevention Recommendations
Advisory Committee for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Revised recommendations on elevated blood lead levels that emphasize the importance of primary prevention by adopting a “reference value” based on the 97.5th percentile of the blood lead level distribution in U.S.children aged 1-5 years, which currently is 5 µg/dL.
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Lead poisoning in United States-bound refugee children: Thailand-Burma border
In the Literature: Lead poisoning in United States-bound refugee children: Thailand-Burma border. Mitchell T, Jentes E, Ortega L, Scalia Sucosky M, Jefferies T, Bajcevic P, Parr V, Jones W, Brown MJ, Painter J. (2012). Pediatrics.