Surveillance for Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children — United States, 1997-2001

• Published in: MMWR. Surveillance summaries Vol. 52; no. SS-10; pp. 1 - 21
• Main Authors: Meyer, Pamela A., Pivetz, Timothy, Dignam, Timothy A., Homa, David M., Schoonover, Jaime, Brody, Debra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 12.09.2003
• Subjects: Blood; Capillaries; Child; Child health services; Child nutrition; Child, Preschool; Children; Humans; Infant; Lead; Lead - blood; Lead poisoning; Lead Poisoning - epidemiology; Medicaid; Nutrition Surveys; Population Surveillance; Public health; Surveillance; United States - epidemiology; United States

Problem/Condition: Lead is neurotoxic and particularly harmful to the developing nervous systems of fetuses and young children. Extremely high blood lead levels (BLLs) (i.e., > 70 µg/dL) can cause severe neurologic problems (e.g., seizure, coma, and death). However, no threshold has been determin...