Add to ORKGAlthough there have been dramatic reductions in blood lead levels (BLLs) among children in the United States and Rhode Island in recent years, childhood lead poisoning remains a sig-nificant public health concern. In Rhode Island, among chil-dren entering kindergarten in the fall of 2006, 8 % had been found to have elevated BLLs at some time prior to age three.1 Among children living in the state’s core cities (Central Falls
Background: Lead poisoning is a major public health concern. It accounted for twelve percent of the ...
Reduction in childhood blood lead levels has been one of the most successful public health efforts i...
Although blood lead levels (BLLs) in US children have dramatically declined over the past 40 years, ...
Lead and its harmful effects on children have been known for over one hundred years. Yet exposure co...
Following the phasing out of leaded gasoline and the ban on lead-based paint, the prevalence of lead...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dept. of Community and P...
Background:Elevated blood lead levels (EBLL, 655 \ub5g/dL) are more prevalent among refugee childre...
The risk for lead exposure is higher in many countries from which children are adopted than in the U...
Lead poisoning disproportionately affects children and can result in permanent neurologic damage.1 A...
The objective was to determine if refugee females of reproductive age (FRA) are at risk of having el...
Abstract Despite the gradual decrease in childhood lead poisoning in the United States, the risk for...
Lead is a toxic metal that damages blood cells, the kidneys, the cardiovascular system, and the deve...
ead poisoning is now seen as the single most significant environmental health threat to American chi...
ObjectivesWe conducted a large-scale study of newly arrived refugee children in the United States wi...
Rhode Island mandates that all children under the age of six be screened for lead annually, and that...
Background: Lead poisoning is a major public health concern. It accounted for twelve percent of the ...
Reduction in childhood blood lead levels has been one of the most successful public health efforts i...
Although blood lead levels (BLLs) in US children have dramatically declined over the past 40 years, ...
Lead and its harmful effects on children have been known for over one hundred years. Yet exposure co...
Following the phasing out of leaded gasoline and the ban on lead-based paint, the prevalence of lead...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dept. of Community and P...
Background:Elevated blood lead levels (EBLL, 655 \ub5g/dL) are more prevalent among refugee childre...
The risk for lead exposure is higher in many countries from which children are adopted than in the U...
Lead poisoning disproportionately affects children and can result in permanent neurologic damage.1 A...
The objective was to determine if refugee females of reproductive age (FRA) are at risk of having el...
Abstract Despite the gradual decrease in childhood lead poisoning in the United States, the risk for...
Lead is a toxic metal that damages blood cells, the kidneys, the cardiovascular system, and the deve...
ead poisoning is now seen as the single most significant environmental health threat to American chi...
ObjectivesWe conducted a large-scale study of newly arrived refugee children in the United States wi...
Rhode Island mandates that all children under the age of six be screened for lead annually, and that...
Background: Lead poisoning is a major public health concern. It accounted for twelve percent of the ...
Reduction in childhood blood lead levels has been one of the most successful public health efforts i...
Although blood lead levels (BLLs) in US children have dramatically declined over the past 40 years, ...