Lead absorption in children

ADAPTED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS HELD BY THE JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, NOVEMBER 1979. CONTENTS: THE EVOLUTION OF LEAD POISONING AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM. METABOLISM OF LEAD. LEAD TOXICITY. SUB-ENCEPHALOPATHIC LEAD POISONING: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS IN CHILDREN. DEVELOPMENT NEUROTOXICOLOGY OF LEAD: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES. EXPOSURE TO LEAD. ROLE OF NUTRITION IN PREVENTION OF PEDIATRIC LEAD TOXICITY. LEAD POISONING IN CHILDREN: THE CASE AGAINST HOUSEHOLD LEAD DUST. SOCIAL FACTORS IN THE RECURRENCE OF INCREASED LEAD ABSORPTION IN CHILDREN. BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO LEAD INGESTION. COORDINATION OF LEAD SCREENING, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS. LABORATORY ASPECTS OF LEAD POISONING CONTROL. METHODS FOR ABATIN LEAD HAZARDS IN HOUSING. SOME PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASES OF A CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM. LEAD CONTAMINATED HOUSEDUST: HAZARD, MEASUREMENT AND DECONTAMINATION. CLINICAL OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING. ROLE OF THE PEDIATRIC INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH LEAD POISONING. MANAGEMENT OF INCREASED LEAD ABSORPTION: ILLUSTTRATIVE CASES. IMPLICATIONS OF NEWER DATA FOR SCREENING AND EVALUATION OF CHILDREN. RESEARCH WEEDS. SOME PRACTICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN LEAD POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAMS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONFERENCE.