All of the following are risk factors for lead poisoning except
1. Being an African American.
2. Having a brother, sister, or playmate being treated for lead poisoning.
3. Living near an active lead smelter, battery recycling plant, or other industry likely to release lead.
4. Living or regularly visiting a day care center, preschool, or other house built before 1960.
5. Living with an adult whose job, hobby, or use of ethnic remedies involves lead.
ANS: 1
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a. contract c. public b. civil d. tort
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a. internuclear ophthalmoplegia. c. paralysis of horizontal gaze. b. ophthalmoplegia. d. skew deviation.
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a. nursing evaluation c. nursing implementa-tion b. nursing diagnosis d. nursing plan
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