Children more vulnerable to harmful effects of lead

Sunday, May 4, 2008 - 13:49 in Health & Medicine

Contrary to prevailing assumptions, children are more vulnerable to the harmful effects of lead exposure at the age of 6 than they are in early childhood, according to a Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center study to be presented May 4 at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu.

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