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Lead Poisoning - References

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control (2005). Blood lead levels-United States, 1999-2002. MMWR, 54(20): 513-516. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5420a5.htm.

Committee on Environmental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics (2005, reaffirmed 2009). Lead exposure in children: Prevention, detection, and management. Pediatrics, 116: 1036-1046. Also available online: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/116/4/1036.

Long H, Nelson LS (2004). Metals and metalloids. In JE Tintinalli et al., eds., Emergency Medicine, 6th ed., pp. 1146-1153. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Binns HJ, et al. (2007). Interpreting and managing blood lead levels of less than 10 mcg/dL in children and reducing childhood exposure to lead: Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. Pediatrics, 120(5): e1285-e1298.

Shannon MW (2007). Lead. In MW Shannon et al., eds., Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose, 4th ed., pp. 1129-1146. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Markowitz M (2007). Lead poisoning. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 2913-2918. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Woolf AD, et al. (2007). Update on the clinical management of childhood lead poisoning. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 54(2): 271-294.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2006). Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children and pregnant women. Available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspslead.htm.

Dietrich KN, et al. (2004). Effect of chelation therapy on the neuropsychological and behavioral development of lead-exposed children after school entry. Pediatrics, 114(1): 19-26.

Other Works Consulted

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002). Managing elevated blood lead levels among young children: Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/CaseManagement/caseManage_main.htm.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Preventing lead poisoning in young children. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/publications/prevleadpoisoning.pdf.

Grandjean P (2008). Lead section of Health significance of metal exposures. In RB Wallace, ed., Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15th ed., pp. 609-611. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Henretig FM (2009). Lead section of Toxins. In WB Carey et al., eds., Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, 4th ed., pp. 319-321. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Kemper AR, et al. (2005). Follow-up testing among children with elevated screening blood lead levels. JAMA, 293(18): 2232-2237.

McGuigan MA (2008). Lead section of Chronic poisoning: Trace metals and others. In L Goldman, D Ausiello, eds., Cecil Medicine, 23rd ed., pp. 102-103. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Needleman HL (2006). Lead poisoning. In JA McMillan et al., eds., Oski's Pediatrics: Principles and Practice, 4th ed., chap. 123, pp. 767-772. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Olson KR (2010). Lead section of Poisoning. In SJ McPhee, MA Papadakis, eds., Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2010, 49th ed., p. 1438. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Woolfenden YB, et al. (2008). Household interventions for prevention of domestic lead exposure in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2).

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Last Updated: June 21, 2010

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