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Publication: Pediatrics 1992; 89:740-742.

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to determine how often children with moderate to severe lead poisoning show evidence of recent paint-chip ingestion. Abdominal radiograph interpretations were reviewed for 90 children with moderate to severe lead poisoning seen at a St. Louis public clinic. Fourteen percent of the children had evidence of recent paint-chip ingestion on their radiographs. The prevalence of recent paint-chip ingestion was 26% for children with blood lead levels greater than or equal 55 µg/dL.

Publication: Gemmel, D. in: Proceedings of the 25th Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics

Abstract:

In 1994 in Youngstown, Ohio, investigators obtained blood lead levels (BLLs) from 1- to 3-year-old children who had lived their entire lives in one house; the investigators obtained data on the age of the children's housing from county auditor data. The relationship of housing age and average BLL was as follows: