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Activity Number:
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540
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 6, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics and the Environment
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| Abstract - #302812 |
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Title:
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Given Limited Resources, What Can Be Done to Reduce Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children?
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Author(s):
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William F. Hunt, Jr.*+ and Barry D. Nussbaum and Steve Somers and Josh Drukenbrod and Ashley Myers
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Companies:
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North Carolina State University and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and North Carolina State University and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and North Carolina State University
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Address:
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Department of Statistics, Raleigh, NC, 27713,
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Keywords:
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Blood Lead ; children ; environment ; USEPA ; CDC ; undergraduate research
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Abstract:
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Barry Nussbaum, chief statistician of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) asked two teams of undergraduate students the following policy question: "If limited dollars became available, how could they best be used to reduce lead poisoning in children?" This paper will discuss how students participating in the Environmental Statistics Practicum at North Carolina State University have responded to Dr. Nussbaum's challenge. Josh Drukenbrod's team combined data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the USEPA, the Census Bureau and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and did the initial analyzes. Steven Somers teams focused on quality assurance issues, improved and expanded the size of the state data base by conducting a survey of the state programs. The paper will discuss how the students work can be used to improve USEPA policy decisions.
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