Timothy Dignam

TL;DR: Most of the children who lived in high-risk Chicago, Ill, communities--where the prevalence for elevated blood lead levels among children was 12 times higher than the national prevalence--were not tested for lead poisoning.

TL;DR: Children with high confirmatory BLLs, black children, males, and children from rural areas may need additional attention during case management to expedite their BLL reduction time to < 10 μg/dL.

TL;DR: Investigation of blood lead screening of refugee children resettled in Manchester, NH, in 2004 revealed that 39 of 92 children had elevated levels (>or=10 microg/dL) after resettlement, and Liberians and those born in refugee camps had higher geometric mean BLL2 than those not Liberian or not born in camps.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that targeted screening of specific higher-risk groups of children younger than 6 years can replace island-wide or insurance-specific policies of mandatory blood lead testing in Puerto Rico.