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US Map Identifies Neighborhoods at Higher Childhood Lead Risk
Key Takeaways
- The map estimates risk across 83,388 census tracts and 3,222 counties.
- Older housing and poverty levels are used as predictors of childhood lead exposure risk.
- Validation against data from 11 states found a consistent positive relationship between predicted risk and observed blood lead levels.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com