A 42-year-old Caucasian woman saw her physician, complaining…
A 42-year-old Caucasian woman saw her physician, complaining of headaches, dizziness, and nausea. The headaches had been increasing in severity over the last 6 months. This was coincident with her move into an older house built about 1900. She had been renovating the house, including stripping paint from the woodwork. Her CBC results showed a mild microcytic, hypochromic anemia with polychromasia and basophilic stippling noted. Which of the following test would be most useful in confirming the cause of her anemia?
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