Kids more vulnerable to harmful effects of lead

Monday, May 5, 2008 - 01:49 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 Centre study presented 4 May at the annual meeting of the Paediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu...

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