Invited Perspective: An Argument for Changing the Reporting Units for Lead in Blood

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¹ School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
² Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
³ Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁶ Pure Earth, New York, New York, USA.

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Jack Caravanos et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;131(9):91303.

doi: 10.1289/EHP12382. Epub 2023 Sep 25.

¹ School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
² Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
³ Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁶ Pure Earth, New York, New York, USA.

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