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Reduction of Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children in North Carolina and Vermont, 1996-1999 by Dignam, Timothy A., Lojo, Jose, Meyer, Pamela A., Norman, Ed, Sayre, Amy, Flanders, W. Dana

“…Background: Few studies have examined factors related to the time required for children's blood lead levels (BLLs) ≥ 10 μg/dL to decline to < 10 μg/dL…”
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High-Intensity Targeted Screening for Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children in 2 Inner-City Chicago Communities by Dignam, Timothy A, Evens, Anne, Eduardo, Eduard, Ramirez, Shokufeh M, Caldwell, Kathleen L, Kilpatrick, Nikki, Noonan, Gary P, Flanders, W. Dana, Meyer, Pamela A, McGeehin, Michael A

“…We assessed the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels (> or = 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood), risk factors, and previous blood lead testing…”
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Surveillance for Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children — United States, 1997-2001 by Meyer, Pamela A., Pivetz, Timothy, Dignam, Timothy A., Homa, David M., Schoonover, Jaime, Brody, Debra

“…Problem/Condition: Lead is neurotoxic and particularly harmful to the developing nervous systems of fetuses and young children. Extremely high blood lead…”
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Confluent impact of housing and geology on indoor radon concentrations in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by Dai, Dajun, Neal, Fredrick B., Diem, Jeremy, Deocampo, Daniel M., Stauber, Christine, Dignam, Timothy

“…Radon is a naturally released radioactive carcinogenic gas. To estimate radon exposure, studies have examined various risk factors, but limited information…”
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Disparities in hospital utilization in an urban county: use of local consumer marketing data for priority setting by Zuber, P L, Dignam, T A, Caldwell, M B, Wiesner, P J

“…National data sets are often insufficient for priority setting by local public health systems and the communities they serve. We used marketing data to conduct…”
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Environmental Health Program Performance and its Relationship with Environment-Related Disease in Florida by Justin A. Gerding, Nailya O. DeLellis, Antonio J. Neri, Timothy A. Dignam

“…This study used a unique approach to examine Florida county health department environmental health (EH) program performance of the 10 Essential Environmental…”
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Evaluation of the association of low-level prenatal blood lead exposure and auditory brainstem response among infants by Dignam, Timothy A

“…Hearing loss is one of the most common major abnormalities present among infants. Two to four infants per 1,000 are born in the United States with…”
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