ArticleClinical pediatric emergency medicine2017
An Update on Childhood Lead Poisoning.
Article in Clinical pediatric emergency medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Associated with Early-Life Exposure to Heavy Metals: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Household interventions for secondary prevention of domestic lead exposure in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Concomitant oral intake of purified clinoptilolite tuff (G-PUR) reduces enteral lead uptake in healthy humans.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Examining Trends in Early Childhood Lead Exposure Using the National Poison Data System: 2007-2024.Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology · 2026Article
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- Firearms, storage practices, and child blood lead levels and household dust lead loadings: findings from the HOME study.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Low vitamin D and folate levels are associated with costochondritis: a retrospective cross-sectional study on children with impaired bone health.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Embryonic Lead Acetate Exposure Induces Seizure-like Activity in Zebrafish Larvae.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Lead Screening Among Immigrant Children Seeking Humanitarian Protection in New York and Massachusetts, 2022-2024.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · 2026Article
- Global Burden of Lead Exposure: Integrating Epidemiology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Mitigation Approaches.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Lead-Induced Nephrotoxicity and Its Therapeutic Interventions: An Updated Review.Biological trace element research · 2026Review
- Cumulative childhood lead exposure estimation and school-age IQ in a prospective birth cohort.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
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- Explainable machine-learning-based predictions of blood lead levels and school drinking water contamination among children: a case study in Washington DC.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Systematic Review of Lead Exposure and Its Effects on Caries and Aesthetics in Children and Adolescents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Assessing Heavy Metal Contamination in Food: Implications for Human Health and Environmental Safety.Toxics · 2025Review
- Examining risk assessment implications of genetic and dose-dependent dynamics of lead exposure in breastfeeding using the collaborative cross mouse population.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025Article
- Cumulative population blood lead levels.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Analyzing and Optimizing the Distribution of Blood Lead Level Testing for Children in New York City: A Data-Driven Approach.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Heavy metals: toxicity and human health effects.Archives of toxicology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Childhood lead poisoning is a multi-faceted, complex condition, which affects not only the child's health and well-being, but also the family's housing security, economic status, job security, and stress level. This review updates the emergency department clinician on the management of childhood lead poisoning. Infants and children are at higher risk than adults for lead exposure due to their smaller size and proportionately larger dose of ingested toxins, their proximity to ground dirt and indoor dust, their energy and curiosity, their oral exploratory and pica behaviors, their proportionately larger daily water and milk intake, and dietary preferences that differ markedly from those of adults. Pediatric health care providers working in the emergency department can provide medical management, as well as preventive counseling and guidance, to parents of children presenting with evidence of acute or chronic lead poisoning.
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