A review of a preventable poison: pediatric lead poisoning.
OBJECTIVE
A review of lead poisoning in pediatric populations enables nurses to increase their knowledge base about lead poisoning and to further the work on the Healthy People 2010 goal of eliminating childhood lead poisoning as a public health issue in the United States.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses should be aware of and use the variety of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies that are available to address pediatric lead poisoning.


CONCLUSIONS
Prevention, education, and evidence-based treatment plans can decrease the occurrence of pediatric lead poisoning.
Erickson
Lori
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University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Nursing, USA. lae883@umkc.edu
Thompson
Teri
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D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy
D002614:Chelating Agents; D007854:Lead