No difference in iron status between children with low and moderate lead exposure. |
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| Authors: | J R Serwint A I Damokosh O G Berger J J Chisolm E W Gunter R L Jones G G Rhoads W Rogan |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. |
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| Abstract: | We compared the iron status between children 11 to 33 months old with confirmed blood lead levels of 20 to 44 microg/dL and demographically similar children with blood lead levels of <10 microg/dL. There were no differences. Laboratory investigation or empirical treatment for iron deficiency is not justified on the basis of moderately elevated blood lead levels alone. |
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