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Jennifer E Crotty1, David L Eldridge
1Department of Pediatrics, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA. crottyj@ecu.edu
North Carolina Medical Journal
|March 28, 2013
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In June of 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their recommendations regarding the prevention of childhood lead poisoning. This commentary provides an overview of the new recommendations for blood lead screening and follow up.
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