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To the Editor: Lead poisoning in children is endemic in many areas of the United States. Because of inadequate primary preventive measures, health providers must rely on secondary preventive measures, such as screening of children who have close contact with other children known to have lead poisoning.¹ Occasionally, the development of lead poisoning in household pets leads to the identification of children with asymptomatic lead intoxication. In our lead-treatment program we have identified three such children in two families.

In the first family, a pet dog had persistent vomiting and weight loss one month after the exterior renovation of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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