Lead Poisoning Risk Assessment: Blood Lead Screening

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-2-10

Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Feb 1994)

Lead Poisoning Risk Assessment: Blood Lead Screening

J Gordon Millichap

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J Gordon Millichap: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-2-10
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 15 – 16

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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.

Published in Pediatric Neurology Briefs

ISSN: 1043-3155 (Print); 2166-6482 (Online)
Publisher: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://pediatricneurologybriefs.com

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