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Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: 3. Lead exposure.
Lead levels in North American children and adults have declined in the past 3 decades, but lead persists in the environment in lead paint, old plumbing and contaminated soil. There are also a number of occupations and hobbies that carry a high risk of lead exposure. There is no evidence for a threshold below which lead has no adverse health effects. Blood lead levels previously considered safe ...
متن کاملIdentifying and managing adverse environmental health effects: Lead exposure
From *the Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; †the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; ‡the Health Promotion and Environmental Health Protection Office, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ont.; and §the Community Medicine Residency Program, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hami...
متن کاملEnvironmental lead exposure: a public health problem of global dimensions
Lead is the most abundant of the heavy metals in the Earth’s crust. It has been used since prehistoric times, and has become widely distributed and mobilized in the environment. Exposure to and uptake of this non-essential element have consequently increased. Both occupational and environmental exposures to lead remain a serious problem in many developing and industrializing countries, as well ...
متن کامل[Environmental lead exposure: a public health problem with global dimensions].
Lead is the most abundant of the heavy metals in the Earth's crust. It has been used since prehistoric times, and has become widely distributed and mobilized in the environment. Exposure to and uptake of this non-essential element have consequently increased. Both occupational and environmental exposures to lead remain a serious problem in many developing and industrializing countries, as well ...
متن کاملEnvironmental and occupational exposure to lead.
OBJECTIVE To determine the status of environmental and occupational lead exposure in selected areas in Nairobi, Kenya. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING Kariobangi North, Babadogo, Waithaka and Pumwani for assessment of environmental exposure to lead (Pb) and Ziwani Jua Kali works for assessment of occupational lead exposure. Olkalou in Nyandarua District was the covariate study area. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Military Medical Science Letters
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0372-7025,0372-7025
DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2016.027