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Lead in drinking water and human blood lead levels in the United StatesMary Jean Brown
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30084, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 61:1-9. 2012....- Deaths resulting from hypocalcemia after administration of edetate disodium: 2003-2005Mary Jean Brown
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Pediatrics 118:e534-6. 2006.... 
Lead poisoning among internally displaced Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children in the United Nations-Administered Province of KosovoMary Jean Brown
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30348, USA
Eur J Public Health 20:288-92. 2010....- Federal agency support for healthy homesMary Jean Brown
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:S90-3. 2010.... 
Residential light and risk for depression and falls: results from the LARES study of eight European citiesMary Jean Brown
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Public Health Rep 126:131-40. 2011..We examined the relationship between self-reported inadequate residential natural light and risk for depression or falls among adults aged 18 years or older...- Association between children's blood lead levels, lead service lines, and water disinfection, Washington, DC, 1998-2006Mary Jean Brown
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30348, USA
Environ Res 111:67-74. 2011..Evaluate the effect of changes in the water disinfection process, and presence of lead service lines (LSLs), on children's blood lead levels (BLLs) in Washington, DC... - A randomized, community-based trial of home visiting to reduce blood lead levels in childrenMary Jean Brown
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 117:147-53. 2006..Substantial evidence implicates lead paint-contaminated house dust as the most common high-dose source of lead in children's environments. Housekeeping and parental supervision also may contribute to risk for lead exposure... - Screening for lead poisoning: a geospatial approach to determine testing of children in at-risk neighborhoodsAmbarish Vaidyanathan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Pediatr 154:409-14. 2009..To develop a spatial strategy to assess neighborhood risk for lead exposure and neighborhood-level blood lead testing of young children living in the city of Atlanta, Georgia... - Risk factors for elevated blood lead levels among African refugee children in New Hampshire, 2004Rachel N Plotinsky
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Environ Res 108:404-12. 2008..The main objective was to identify risk factors for increasing lead levels among refugee children after resettlement in Manchester in 2004... - Identifying housing that poisons: a critical step in eliminating childhood lead poisoningNimia L Reyes
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 12:563-9. 2006..This approach prioritizes lead hazard control efforts and may help health, housing, and environmental agencies in targeting limited resources to increase lead-safe housing for children... - Outbreak of fatal childhood lead poisoning related to artisanal gold mining in northwestern Nigeria, 2010Carrie A Dooyema
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:601-7. 2012..In May 2010, a team of national and international organizations was assembled to investigate children's deaths due to lead poisoning in villages in northwestern Nigeria... - Lead poisoning in United States-bound refugee children: Thailand-Burma border, 2009Tarissa Mitchell
Division of Global Migration, Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatrics 129:e392-9. 2012..Resettled refugee children in the United States are considered at high risk for elevated blood lead levels, but the prevalence of and risk factors for elevated blood lead levels before resettlement have not been described... - Trends in blood lead levels and blood lead testing among US children aged 1 to 5 years, 1988-2004Robert L Jones
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, 4770 Buford Hwy, Atlanta, GA 30341
Pediatrics 123:e376-85. 2009..To evaluate trends in children's blood lead levels and the extent of blood lead testing of children at risk for lead poisoning from national surveys conducted during a 16-year period in the United States... - Childhood lead poisoning associated with gold ore processing: a village-level investigation-Zamfara State, Nigeria, October-November 2010Yi Chun Lo
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:1450-5. 2012..During June-September of that year, villages with suspected or confirmed childhood lead poisoning continued to be identified in Zamfara State... - Global approach to reducing lead exposure and poisoningPamela A Meyer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop F 64, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States
Mutat Res 659:166-75. 2008..In addition, we recommend three primary prevention strategies for lead poisoning: identify sources, eliminate or control sources, and monitor environmental exposures and hazards... - Estimates of costs for housing-related interventions to prevent specific illnesses and deathsJacquelyn Mason
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:S79-89. 2010..Specific housing-related health issues discussed include asthma, lead, and carbon monoxide poisoning and radon-related lung cancer... - Childhood lead poisoning prevention: getting the job done by 2010Mary Jean Brown
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Environ Health 70:56-7. 2008 - Blood lead level analysis among refugee children resettled in New Hampshire and Rhode IslandJaime S Raymond
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Public Health Nurs 30:70-9. 2013..S. cities and to assess the effect of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for BLL testing of newly emigrated refugee children for EBLLs... - Improving strategies to prevent childhood lead poisoning using local dataPamela A Meyer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Emergency and Environmental Services, Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Int J Hyg Environ Health 208:15-20. 2005.... - Risk for elevated blood lead levels in 3- and 4-year-old childrenJaime S Raymond
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS F 40, Atlanta, GA, 30341, USA
Matern Child Health J 13:40-7. 2009..We conducted a study to evaluate the relation between environmental, demographic, and medical risk factors and late-onset childhood lead poisoning, defined as children who were poisoned at age 3 or older... - Lead poisoning among Burmese refugee children--Indiana, 2009Matthew D Ritchey
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 50:648-56. 2011..A multilevel linear regression model identified daily use of thanakha, an ethnic cosmetic, and Daw Tway use were related to elevated BLLs (P < .05). Routine monitoring of BLLs among this population should remain a priority... - Effectiveness of environmental health policies: a new frontier for epidemiologistsHoward Hu
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Epidemiology 14:257-8. 2003 - Social disparities in housing and related pediatric injury: a multilevel studyEdmond D Shenassa
Department of Community Health and the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Public Health 94:633-9. 2004.... - Sources of blood lead in childrenMary Jean Brown
Environ Health Perspect 114:A18-9; author reply A19. 2006 - Children's health/regional collaboration to reduce lead exposure in childrenMary Jean Brown
Environ Health Perspect 115:A17. 2007 - Lead exposures in U.S. Children, 2008: implications for preventionRonnie Levin
U S Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:1285-93. 2008..Our context is the U.S. public health goal to eliminate pediatric elevated blood lead levels (EBLs) by 2010... - Blood lead misclassification due to defective LeadCare blood lead testing equipmentRobert M Bossarte
Clin Chem 53:994-5. 2007 - Interpreting and managing blood lead levels of less than 10 microg/dL in children and reducing childhood exposure to lead: recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning PreventionHelen J Binns
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pediatrics 120:e1285-98. 2007..For these preventive strategies to succeed, partnerships between health care providers, families, and local public health and housing programs should be strengthened... - Guest editorial: Responding to blood lead levels < 10 microg/dLMary Jean Brown
Environ Health Perspect 116:A60-1. 2008 - Health effects of blood lead levels lower than 10 mg/dl in childrenMary Jean Brown
Am J Public Health 94:8-9; author reply 9. 2004 - Perinatal outcomes in a school-based program for pregnant teen-agersRobert T Hall
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, UMKC School of Medicine, Frances Cofield, MA, USA
Mo Med 100:148-52. 2003..Improved outcomes were identified for low-birth-weight rate, high school graduation rate, smoking during pregnancy, and prenatal care. These results indicate that a comprehensive, school-based program can enhance perinatal outcomes... - Costs and benefits of enforcing housing policies to prevent childhood lead poisoningMary Jean Brown
Med Decis Making 22:482-92. 2002..This article compares the costs and benefits of strict versus limited enforcement of lead poisoning prevention housing policies in preventing additional cases of childhood blood lead elevation...