Lead Exposure: Inappropriate Screening Practices?

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-8-7

Keywords:

Lead Toxic Effects, Blood Lead Levels, Venipuncture

Abstract

Physician screening practices at a hospital-based, university-affiliated pediatric primary care center serving an urban high-risk population in Rochester, NY were evaluated to determine the feasibility of the 1991 Centers for Disease Control guidelines.

Published

1994-08-01

Issue

Section

Toxic and Substance Use Disorders