HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION
The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch provides educational materials
for the purpose of increasing awareness regarding the hazards of lead exposure,
reducing lead exposure, and increasing the number of children assessed and
appropriately blood tested (screened).
Continuing Medical Education
Lead Poisoning Self-Study Module (1 unit free CME)
Lead Poisoning Presentation available for grand rounds/noon conferences/other
physician conferences available free of charge.
Lead Poisoning Reference Papers
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement: Lead
Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Management
Lanphear et al. Low-Level
Environmental Lead Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function: An
International Pooled Analysis
Canfield, RL.Intellectual impairment
in children with blood lead concentrations below 10 µg per deciliter
Jusko et al. Blood Lead
Concentrations < 10mcg/dL and Child Intelligence at 6 Years of
Age