In Britain overt lead poisoning in childhood is uncommon, though it appears to be common in the industrial areas of the United States of America, where it may account for as many as 79% of child- hood deaths due to accidental poisoning (Christian, Celewycz, and A number of cases are probably missed (Mellins and One of the problems in diagnosis is the technical difficulty of carrying out accurate lead analyses; an even greater one is that there is still no general agreement on the laboratory criteria for lead poisoning.
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