id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_rbeauqejkfcn3ajn5mpgvhzjuq Heidi Beidinger-Burnett Inconsistent screening for lead endangers vulnerable children: policy lessons from South Bend and Saint Joseph County, Indiana, USA 2018 11 .pdf application/pdf 5178 483 63 lead in blood and relatively low testing rates for children. children ages 1–5 have elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs) above 5 micrograms A national survey of the number of children tested and the rates of EBLLs in children at the census tract or county level highlighted the failure of the current strategy Over the 10-year period, lead testing of children was inconsistent (Fig. 1). Table 1 Demographics of children under 5 years of age stratified by elevated blood lead level (EBLL) in area has one of the lowest lead testing rates (7.3%) yet contains the highest proportion of children with EBLLs (36.4%). Fig. 1 Lead testing for children under the age of 5 in St. Joseph County, IN. http://news.maryland.gov/mde/2017/10/25/lead-poisoning-in-maryland-drops-to-lowest-recorded-levels-testing-increases-in-first-year-of-state-initiative/ http://news.maryland.gov/mde/2017/10/25/lead-poisoning-in-maryland-drops-to-lowest-recorded-levels-testing-increases-in-first-year-of-state-initiative/ http://news.maryland.gov/mde/2017/10/25/lead-poisoning-in-maryland-drops-to-lowest-recorded-levels-testing-increases-in-first-year-of-state-initiative/ Inconsistent screening for lead endangers vulnerable children: policy lessons from South Bend and Saint Joseph County, Indiana, USA Inconsistent screening for lead endangers vulnerable children: policy lessons from South Bend and Saint Joseph County, Indiana, USA ./cache/work_rbeauqejkfcn3ajn5mpgvhzjuq.pdf ./txt/work_rbeauqejkfcn3ajn5mpgvhzjuq.txt