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Table of Contents
Cover Page
How to Use the Course
Initial Check
What is Lead
Where Found
Exposure Routes
Who Is at Risk
Safety Standards
Biological Fate
Physiological Effects
Patient Evaluation
Diagnostic Tests
Patient Treatment
Patient Education
More Information
Posttest
Literature Cited
Patient Education Sheet
 
Environmental Medicine
CSEM
GREM
PEHT
Continuing Education
Online Registration
Patient Education
Community Education
 
Related Documents
CABS: Lead
Lead Screening
PHS: Lead
Pb/As/Cd/Cr Interaction
Pb/Mn/Zn/Cu Interaction
Pb/Chlorpyrifos/Hg/Me-Hg
ToxFAQs™: Lead
Toxguide: Lead Arsenic Toxguide: PDF Version
Tox Profile: Lead
 
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Interaction Profiles
Interactive Learning
Managing Incidents
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Minimal Risk Levels
Priority List
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ToxFAQs™ CABS
Toxicological Profiles
Toxicology Curriculum
 
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NIOSH
OSHA

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEM) 

Lead Toxicity
Appendix 1: Key to Acronyms/Abbreviations

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

ACGIH

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

CPSC

Consumer Product Safety Commission

PEL

Permissible Exposure Limit

REL

Recommended Exposure Limit

TLV/TWA

Threshold Limit Value/Time-Weighted Average

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standard

MCLG

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal

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