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Iowa Department of Public Health
ChildhoodLead Poisoning Risk Questionnaire

Summer 1999

[Please note: This questionnaire has expired.]

Yes

No

1. Has your child ever lived in or regularly visited a house built before 1960? (Examples: home, day-care center, baby-sitter, relative's home)

Yes

No

2. Have you noticed any peeling or chipping paint in or around the pre-1960 house that your child has lived in or regularly visited?

Yes

No

3. Is the pre-1960 home that your child has lived in or regularly visited been remodeled or renovated by stripping, sanding, or scraping paint on the inside or outside of the house? Removing walls and/or tearing out lath and plaster?

Yes

No

4. Does your child eat non-food items such as dirt?

Yes

No

5. Have any of your other children or their playmates had lead levels equal to or greater than 15 µg/dL (micrograms per deciliter)?

Yes

No

6. Does your child live with or frequently come in contact with an adult who works with lead on the job or in a hobby? (Examples: painter, welder, foundry worker, old home renovator, shooting range worker, battery plant worker, battery recycling worker, ceramics worker, stained glass worker, sheet metal worker, scrap metal worker, plumber.)

Yes

No

7. Does your child live near a battery plant, battery recycling plant, or lead smelter?

Yes

No

8. Do you give your child any homemade or folk remedies? (Examples: azarcon, greta, pay-loo-ah)

Yes

No

9. Does your child eat candy that comes from Mexico or is purchased from a Mexican grocery store? (Examples: picarindo, vero palerindas)

Yes

No

10. Has your child ever lived in Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, Asia, or eastern Europe, or visited one of these areas for a period longer than two months?


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