The CDC blood lead reference value for children: time for a change

• Published in: Environmental health Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 16
• Main Authors: Paulson, Jerome A, Brown, Mary Jean
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 28.02.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Blood; Blood lead levels; Blood levels; Brain; Child health; Children; Disease control; Disease prevention; Environmental aspects; Environmental health; Health aspects; Lead compounds; Lead content; Lead poisoning; Management; Medical laboratories; Nutrition; Pediatrics; Population; Prevention; Primary prevention; Public health; United States > US; Primary prevention; Blood lead levels

The purpose of this article is to consider alternate uses of the blood lead reference value for children. There are two possible approaches. Historically the reference value has been used to guide clinical and public interventions for individual children. As the distribution of blood lead levels in...