Lead Poisoning in Children
- 1 January 1965
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Pediatrics
- Vol. 4 (1) , 38-45
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000992286500400113
Abstract
How does lead usually enter the body and what systems are usually involved? What one symptom above all others should arouse the suspicion of lead poison ing? In follow up of children with lead en cephalopathy, frequently they have a lower I.Q. than their peers. What is the evidence for this? Should the gastro-intestinal tract of chil dren with lead poisoning be cleared of re sidual lead before treatment is instituted? What public health measures are recom mended if a case of lead poisoning is dis covered ?Keywords
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