lead screening
Heavy metal check
Lead screening is testing, typically of blood, to detect lead exposure or poisoning.
Young children are the primary focus, as lead paint in older homes poses developmental risks: All children should have lead screening by age two.
The term also applies to testing drinking water or soil for lead contamination.
- blood testDiagnostic fluid analysis
- toxicityCapacity to cause harm
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- childrenYoung human beings
- paintColored coating substance
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- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- health testsblood test, blood pressure check, cholesterol test, glucose test, vision test
- screeningbackground checks, drug testing, mammography, mammograms, colonoscopy
- LeadPb, galena, leaded gasoline
- pediatric carewell-child visits, checkups, immunizations, vaccinations, growth charts
- pediatric checkupswell-child visit, well visit, wellness visit, checkup, school physical
specificity of testing
lead screeningcomplete blood count
Hematological assessment of cellular elements
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