title: Lead toxicity and iron deficiency in Utah migrant children.
abstract: We determined the frequency of presumptive iron deficiency and lead toxicity in 198 Utah migrant children, ages 9-72 months, during the summer of 1985. There were no confirmed cases of lead toxicity. Thirteen per cent of those tested and 30 per cent of the children ages 9-23 months were iron deficient. Hematocrit determinations accurately predicted iron deficiency in only 35 per cent of the children confirmed to have this disorder via erythrocyte protoporphyrin screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Lake City 84132.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Ratcliffe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lutz
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Civish
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000097:blood; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014589:Utah
chemical_list: D011524:Protoporphyrins