Blood lead (Pb) levels and weight loss

Does weight gain lead to weight loss?

Blood lead levels and mortality.

BACKGROUND Despite declines in blood lead levels during the past 20 years, lead exposure continues to be a public health concern. Studies have linked lead exposure with increased risk for diverse health outcomes. Few studies have evaluated the association of lead exposure and mortality in the general population. METHODS To evaluate the association of lead exposure and mortality in the United ...

Lead poisoning with low blood lead levels.

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Microanalyzer for biomonitoring lead (Pb) in blood and urine.

Biomonitoring of lead (Pb) in blood and urine enables quantitative evaluation of human occupational and environmental exposures to Pb. State-of-the-art ICP-MS instruments can only analyze metals in laboratories, resulting in lengthy turnaround times, and they are expensive. In response to the growing need for a metal analyzer capable of on-site, real-time monitoring of trace toxic metals in ind...

Modeling of blood lead levels in astronauts exposed to lead from microgravity-accelerated bone loss.

INTRODUCTION Most astronauts experiencing prolonged microgravity undergo accelerated bone loss at a whole-body rate of 0.5-1% per month, with some load-bearing bones losing mass at normalized rates up to about 2.6% per month. The accompanying release of lead (Pb) stored in bones would increase the concentration of Pb in the blood (PbB), thereby complicating efforts to set acceptable Pb concentr...