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Course Title: | Lead Poisoning, An Overview |
| Category: | 69 | |
| Credits: | 0.5 | |
| Objectives: | At the end of this course, participants should be able to: • Define what is lead • State the health risks from exposure to lead • Itemize the sources of lead, and • List the at risk populations • Recite the prevention steps of lead poisoning | |
| Description: | Today at least 4 million households have children living in them that are being exposed to high levels of lead. There are approximately half a million U.S. children ages 1 through 5 with blood lead levels which the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, known as the CDC, recommends public health actions to be initiated. Lead exposure can affect nearly every system in the body. Because lead exposure often occurs with no obvious symptoms, it frequently goes unrecognized. Keywords: Lead, Poisoning, Paint | |
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