Specht, Aaron J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3342-1229
Lin, Yanfen
Xu, Jian
Dickerson, Aisha S.
Yan, Chonghuai
Hu, Howard
Weisskopf, Marc G.
Nie, Linda H.
Article History
Received: 9 November 2023
Revised: 14 November 2024
Accepted: 25 November 2024
First Online: 3 December 2024
Competing interests
: AS served as an expert witness in litigation for plaintiffs in the Flint Water Crisis and other cases of harm from lead exposure. The other authors have no stated conflicts of interest.
: The study received IRB approval from Purdue University and Xinhua Hospital and adhered to all guidelines and regulations set forth. When recruited, a trained research assistant would present the subjects and their parents with the details of the study and the consent forms. Signed consent forms were received from the parents of each subject, as well as an assent form from any child age 7 or older.