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Evaluating Interventions To Reduce Lead Poisoning Among Vulnerable Population: A Systematic Review, Erin Cutts, Katelyn Mann, Erica Urbina, Alyssa Paterson, Angela Ekwonye
Evaluating Interventions To Reduce Lead Poisoning Among Vulnerable Population: A Systematic Review, Erin Cutts, Katelyn Mann, Erica Urbina, Alyssa Paterson, Angela Ekwonye
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BackgroundLead poisoning occurs when the health or bodily functions of an individual are adversely affected. The population at high-risk for lead poisoning include primarily vulnerable populations, such as low-income minority groups, children, women who are pregnant, elderly, and the immunocompromised. ObjectiveThis systematic review seeks to determine effective interventions to reduce lead exposure and ultimately blood lead levels (BLLs) in the vulnerable population. MethodsSources for this systematic review were retrieved from Medline, CINAHL, EBSCO. The keywords yielded the most relevant articles to our topic were “Lead AND Intervention study OR Randomized control study”. A total of 30 articles were generated. Eleven …