lead poisoning is a historic universal disease. acute or chronic lead exposure may cause reversible or even permanent damages in human beings. environmental lead exposure is a global health concern in children. occupational lead poisoning is still a health issue, particularly in developing countries. during the last decades, new methods and medications have been advocated for the prevention and...

BACKGROUND Childhood lead poisoning has not made the list of national public health priorities in Lebanon. This study aims at identifying the prevalence and risk factors for elevated blood lead concentrations (B-Pb >or= 100 microg/L) among 1-3 year old children. It also examines the need for universal blood lead screening. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study of 281 well children, presenti...

Lead poisoning in this country for the most part is a disease of industry and hence is usually met with in the adult. But the condition may be met with at any age and in some countries, e.g., Australia and Japan, it seems to be not uncommon in childhood. However, everywhere except perhaps in Japan it is rare during infancy, and, as the symptomatology during this period of life is often obscure ...

CHAPTER 4. THE ROLE OF THE PEDIATRIC HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE SCREENING FOR CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING DOING APPROPRIATE DIAGNOSTIC BLOOD LEAD TESTING INTERPRETATION OF BLOOD LEAD LEVELS EDUCATING PARENTS ABOUT REDUCING BLOOD LEAD LEVELS HOUSEKEEPING INTERVENTIONS OTHER INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO LEAD NUTRITION COORDINATING WITH PUBLIC SECTOR OFFICIALS APPROPRIATE FOLLOWUP

One of the first steps in addressing the problem of childhood lead poisoning is to identify the possible sources of exposure in specific communities and target high-risk populations with appropriate interventions. Due to several factors, such as lack of funding and lack of blood lead reporting, little information exists regarding the occurrence of childhood lead poisoning and the prevalence of ...

OBJECTIVE We determined which children should be tested for elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in the face of financial and practical barriers to universal screening efforts and within 2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations allowing health departments to develop BLL screening strategies. METHODS We used the Michigan database of BLL tests from 1998 through 2005, which c...

Lead poisoning is an ancient and modern problem. Since many artists have had exposure to lead, it is appropriate to use some of their works as a vehicle to depict the symptoms of the variable syndromes associated with lead exposure.

Lead remains a significant hazard to the health of American children.’3 Virtually all children in the United States are exposed to lead that has been dispersed in air, dust, and soil by the combustion of leaded gasoline. Several hundred thousand children, most of them living in older houses, are at risk of ingesting lead-based paint as well as leadbearing soil and house dust contaminated by the...

BACKGROUND Lead exposure constitutes a major public health concern globally. Relative to developed nations, lead exposure is understudied and poorly addressed in Africa, and there is a dearth of information available to inform lead poisoning prevention strategies, even in high-risk groups such as workers in shooting ranges who are potentially exposed to lead daily. METHODS Two workers at a pr...