Patterns of Children's Blood Lead Screening and Blood Lead Levels in North Carolina, 2011-2018-Who Is Tested, Who Is Missed?
Elizabeth M KamaiJulie L DanielsPaul L DelamaterBruce P LanphearJacqueline MacDonald GibsonDavid B RichardsonPublished in: Environmental health perspectives (2022)
Our results indicate that current North Carolina lead screening strategies fail to identify over 30% (17,543 of 57,398) of children with subclinical lead poisoning and that accounting for characteristics at birth alters the conclusions about racial disparities in children's EBLLs. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10335.