Blood Lead Levels, 1976–1980

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To the Editor: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, analyzed by Annest et al. in the June 9 issue,2 was a fine piece of opportunistic research. During the course of one survey another objective was fulfilled — namely, the estimation of blood lead levels in widely dispersed population samples. Subsequently, these data have been linked with data on lead added to gasoline, and a fall in both variates during the four years of the survey has been used as evidence that gasoline lead makes a substantial contribution to blood lead. The results of this survey seem to have been . . .