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- Title
A Review of a Preventable Poison: Pediatric Lead Poisoning.
- Authors
Erickson, Lori; Thompson, Teri
- Abstract
PURPOSE. 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. CONCLUSION. Nurses should be aware of and use the variety of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies that are available to address pediatric lead poisoning. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. Prevention, education, and evidence-based treatment plans can decrease the occurrence of pediatric lead poisoning.
- Subjects
LEAD poisoning in children; LEAD toxicology; PUBLIC health; NURSES; HEALTH education; PEDIATRIC toxicology
- Publication
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 2005, Vol 10, Issue 4, p171
- ISSN
1539-0136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1744-6155.2005.00034.x