Lead toxicity and iron deficiency in Utah migrant children.
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.
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Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Lake City 84132.
Lee
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Lutz
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Woolley
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Baxter
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Civish
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Johnson
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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
D011524:Protoporphyrins