Lead Poisoning Risk Assessment: Blood Lead Screening

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-2-10

Lead Poisoning Risk Assessment: Blood Lead Screening

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 8 (1994): Issue 2

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Feb 1994

Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lowered the blood lead level (BPb) considered a toxic risk to children from 25 mcg/dL to 10 mcg/dL in Oct 1991.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-2-10 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 15 - 16

Published on: Feb 1, 1994

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Blood Lead Level,

Lead Poisoning,

Behavioral Deficits

© 1994 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 8 (1994): Issue 2