Using a Geographic Information System to Improve Childhood Lead-Screening Efforts

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Graff, Robert
• Description:
  The Idaho Division of Public Health conducted a pilot study to produce a lead-exposure-risk map to help local and state agencies better target childhood lead-screening efforts. Priority lead-screening areas, at the block group level, were created by using county tax assessor data and geographic information system software. A series of maps were produced, indicating childhood lead-screening prevalence in areas in which there was high potential for exposure to lead. These maps could enable development of more systematically targeted and cost-effective childhood lead-screening efforts.
• Subjects:
  Brief Child Child, Preschool Geographic Information Systems Humans Idaho Infant Infant, Newborn Lead Lead Poisoning Mass Screening Pilot Projects Prevalence Risk Assessment Risk Factors

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 10.
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:df71d62b88764a2284bcc706007c0fbdac16fbddc6989993310c6e66701314210e162361ace9c82074388fb5527070b0945ea07fbc03457fe8bde1ec80d600fd
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19696/cdc_19696_DS1.pdf
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