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. 1989 May;79(5):631–633. doi: 10.2105/ajph.79.5.631

Lead toxicity and iron deficiency in Utah migrant children.

S D Ratcliffe 1, J Lee 1, L J Lutz 1, F R Woolley 1, S Baxter 1, F Civish 1, M Johnson 1
PMCID: PMC1349508  PMID: 2650572

Abstract

We determined the frequency of presumptive iron deficiency and lead toxicity in 198 Utah migrant children, ages 9-72 months, during the summer of 1985. There were no confirmed cases of lead toxicity. Thirteen per cent of those tested and 30 per cent of the children ages 9-23 months were iron deficient. Hematocrit determinations accurately predicted iron deficiency in only 35 per cent of the children confirmed to have this disorder via erythrocyte protoporphyrin screening.

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