Patterns of Children’s Blood Lead Screening and Blood Lead Levels in North Carolina, 2011–2018—Who Is Tested, Who Is Missed?

No safe level of lead in blood has been identified. Blood lead testing is required for children on Medicaid, but it is at the discretion of providers and parents for others. Elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs) cannot be identified in children who are not tested. The aims of this research were to iden...

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Published in:Environmental health perspectives 2022-06, Vol.130 (6), p.67002-16
Main Authors: Kamai, Elizabeth M., Daniels, Julie L., Delamater, Paul L., Lanphear, Bruce P., MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline, Richardson, David B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Birth
Birth certificates
Births
Blood
Blood levels
Child
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Confidence intervals
Emission inventories
Environmental aspects
Generalized linear models
Health aspects
Housing
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lead
Lead content
Lead in the body
Lead poisoning
Lead Poisoning - epidemiology
Lead Poisoning - prevention & control
Mass Screening
Measurement
Medicaid
Medical examination
Names
North Carolina - epidemiology
Pediatric research
Public waters
Race factors
Risk
Risk reduction
Screening
Statistical analysis
Statistical models
United States
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