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Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to Explore the Relationship between Food Insecurity, Childhood Lead Poisoning, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children

Creator:

Sparks, Megan M.

Abstract:

Lead is a ubiquitous environmental toxin known to cause neurological deficits in children. There is no biological need for lead and no safe level of lead in the body has ever been identified. Despite dramatic decline in mean blood lead levels nationwide since the U.S. EPA’s ban on lead-based paint...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

continued support. I’d like to also extend my sincerest gratitude to Dr. Jennifer Jackson, who provided