Title: Blood Lead Concentrations Among Pediatric Patients with Abdominal Pain; A
Prospective Cross-sectional Study
Version: 3 Date: 30 Aug 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you to the authors for addressing the previous comments. Please include the explanation/
justification provided in response to reviewer 1 comment 1 in the manuscript’s background
section, particularly the reason for including only subjects with abdominal pain in the study and
not subjects with other clinical pictures or symptoms since abdominal pain, though a common
presentation, is neither specific nor sensitive to lead poisoning and therefore the decision was
not completely justified and the reasoning behind it needs to be mentioned as a potential
limitation or have a solid rationale. The paper is assessing the prevalence of lead poisoning only
among pediatric patients with abdominal pain as the title emphasizes, which is a reasonable
and important research question. However, that should also be highlighted in the background
and conclusions should highlight this point clearly to avoid any confusion that the study is an
assessment of lead poisoning prevalence among the general public or all suspected or susceptible
individuals.
Title: Blood Lead Concentrations Among Pediatric Patients with Abdominal Pain; A
Prospective Cross-sectional Study
Version: 3 Date: 30 Aug 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you to the authors for addressing the previous comments. Please include the explanation/
justification provided in response to reviewer 1 comment 1 in the manuscript’s background
section, particularly the reason for including only subjects with abdominal pain in the study and
not subjects with other clinical pictures or symptoms since abdominal pain, though a common
presentation, is neither specific nor sensitive to lead poisoning and therefore the decision was
not completely justified and the reasoning behind it needs to be mentioned as a potential
limitation or have a solid rationale. The paper is assessing the prevalence of lead poisoning only
among pediatric patients with abdominal pain as the title emphasizes, which is a reasonable
and important research question. However, that should also be highlighted in the background
and conclusions should highlight this point clearly to avoid any confusion that the study is an
assessment of lead poisoning prevalence among the general public or all suspected or susceptible
individuals.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Blood Lead Concentrations Among Pediatric Patients with Abdominal Pain; A
Prospective Cross-sectional Study
Version: 3 Date: 30 Aug 2021
Reviewer's report:
Thank you to the authors for addressing the previous comments. Please include the explanation/
justification provided in response to reviewer 1 comment 1 in the manuscript’s background
section, particularly the reason for including only subjects with abdominal pain in the study and
not subjects with other clinical pictures or symptoms since abdominal pain, though a common
presentation, is neither specific nor sensitive to lead poisoning and therefore the decision was
not completely justified and the reasoning behind it needs to be mentioned as a potential
limitation or have a solid rationale. The paper is assessing the prevalence of lead poisoning only
among pediatric patients with abdominal pain as the title emphasizes, which is a reasonable
and important research question. However, that should also be highlighted in the background
and conclusions should highlight this point clearly to avoid any confusion that the study is an
assessment of lead poisoning prevalence among the general public or all suspected or susceptible
individuals.
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