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Notice to Readers
Statement on Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning
On October 7, 1991, CDC released an updated statement on the
prevention of childhood lead poisoning. The statement provides
guidelines to pediatric health-care providers, public health
programs, and others about childhood lead screening, case
management for lead-poisoned children, and primary prevention of
childhood lead poisoning.
Copies of the statement, Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young
Children, 1991 (1), are available free of charge from Publication
Activities, Office of the Director, National Center for
Environmental Health and Injury Control, Mailstop F-29, CDC, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333.
Reference
CDC. Preventing lead poisoning in young children, 1991. Atlanta:
US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
1991.
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