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Call for lead testing in high-risk children
Nursery World,
3 January 2002
Children with be-havioural and de-velopmental dis- orders should be routinely tested for lead, which is a known, but treatable, neurotoxin, say the authors of new research.
Children with be-havioural and de-velopmental dis- orders should be routinely tested for lead, which is a known, but treatable, neurotoxin, say the authors of new research. Lead is not now considered to be a public health problem in the UK. However, in the US the substance is still considered a potential threat to children's development and extensive lead screening programmes have been carried out since the early 1960s. The Centre for Disease Control in...
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