How Does Low Socioeconomic Status Increase Blood Lead Levelsin KoreanChildren?

Lead Exposure and the Perpetuation of Low Socioeconomic Status

Blood lead levels in pregnant women of high and low socioeconomic status in Mexico City.

This study examined the determinants of blood lead (BPb) in 513 pregnant women in Mexico City: 311 from public hospital prenatal clinics, representing primarily women of low socioeconomic status (SES), and 202 from private hospitals, primarily women of high SES. Overall, BPb levels ranged from 1.38 to 29 micrograms/dl, with geometric means of 6.7 and 11.12 micrograms/dl for women from private a...

Lead Exposure, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Disparities

Do socioeconomic status and family circumstances mediate the adverse effects of childhood lead poisoning? Or put more precisely, holding early-life lead exposure constant, do individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds exhibit more serious cognitive and behavioral deficits than individuals from more privileged backgrounds? Using a unique data set that links U.S. army recruits to early life circu...

how does lead induce male infertility?

an important part of male infertility of unknown etiology may be attributed to various environmental and occupational exposures to toxic substances, such as lead. the reproductive effects of lead are complex and appear to involve multiple pathways, not all of which are fully understood. it is still unclear, for example, if male reproductive issues in lead-exposed persons are mostly related to t...

Lead poisoning with low blood lead levels.

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