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. 1997 Oct;87(10):1698-702.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.87.10.1698.

Residential lead-based-paint hazard remediation and soil lead abatement: their impact among children with mildly elevated blood lead levels

A Aschengrau  1 , A Beiser, D Bellinger, D Copenhafer, M Weitzman
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Residential lead-based-paint hazard remediation and soil lead abatement: their impact among children with mildly elevated blood lead levels

A Aschengrau et al. Am J Public Health. 1997 Oct.

Abstract

Objectives: This prospective study describes the impact of residential lead-based-paint hazard remediations on children with mildly elevated blood lead levels.

Methods: Changes in blood lead levels were observed following paint hazard remediation alone and in combination with soil abatement.

Results: After adjustment for the confounding variables paint hazard remediation alone was associated with a blood lead increase of 6.5 micrograms/dL (P = 0.5), and paint hazard remediation combined with soil abatement was associated with an increase of 0.9 microgram/dL (P = 36).

Conclusions: Lead-based-paint hazard remediation as performed in this study, is not an effective secondary prevention strategy among children with mildly elevated blood lead levels.

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