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Did a Nocebo Effect Contribute to the Rise in Special Education Enrollment Following the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis?

Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2023
[Background] Exposure to waterborne lead during the Flint Water Crisis during April 2014-October 2015 is believed to have caused increased special education enrollment in Flint children.
Siddhartha Roy, Keith J. Petrie, Greg Gamble, Marc A. Edwards   +3 more
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Lead Level in Umbilical Cord Blood and its Effects on Newborns Anthropometry [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: High concentration of blood lead is accompanied by adverse health effects on growth of foetus and the newborn. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine umbilical cord blood lead level and its relationship with birth weight, length ...
Akbari-Nassaji Neda, Sabeti Fahimeh, Ziaei Kajbaf Tahereh, Fakharzadeh Leila, Nazari Zahra, Cheraghian Bahman, Cham Kouri Narges   +6 more
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Community blood lead survey with emphasis on preschool children following lead dust pollution in Esperance, Western Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2012
Objective: To assess the impact of airborne lead dust on blood lead levels in residents of Esperance, a regional Western Australian town, with particular reference to preschool children.
Enrico Rossi, Virginia McLaughlin, John Joseph, Max Bulsara, Kerryn Coleman, Charles Douglas, Andrew Robertson   +6 more
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The Immunotoxicity of Chronic Exposure to High Levels of Lead: An Ex Vivo Investigation

Toxics, 2020
Lead (Pb) is a toxic metal known for its wide-ranging adverse health effects. However, a compound of Pb is still used in the caulking process to repair wooden fishing boats.
Kawinsaya Pukanha, Supabhorn Yimthiang, Wiyada Kwanhian   +2 more
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Outbreak of Fatal Childhood Lead Poisoning Related to Artisanal Gold Mining in Northwestern Nigeria, 2010. [PDF]

, 2011
Background: In May 2010, a team of national and international organizations was assembled to investigate children's deaths due to lead poisoning in villages in northwestern Nigeria.
Abdullahi M. Bashir, Yi-Chun Lo, Dooyema, C A, James Durant, Henry Akpan, Neri, A, Bashir, A M, Patrick M. Nguku, Haladu, S, Biya, O, Nguku, P M, Oladayo Biya, Durant, J, Idris, S, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Mary Jean Brown, Lo, Y-C, Paul I. Dargan, Gidado, S O, Brown, M J, Carrie A. Dooyema, Swarthout, T, Sani-Gwarzo, N, Akpan, H, Todd Swarthout, Dargan, P I, Antonio Neri, Sa’ad Idris, Saheed O. Gidado, Suleiman Haladu   +29 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Blood lead levels in pregnant women and the neonate [PDF]

, 1997
Population studies carried out during the 1980s had shown that the Maltese population was characterized by high blood lead (PbB) levels. These high levels appeared to be a feature at all age groups including neonates.
Sammut, Michael, Savona-Ventura, Charles, Vassallo, A., Licari, Lucianne   +3 more
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Lead exposure in adult males in urban Transvaal Province, South Africa during the apartheid era [PDF]

, 2013
Human exposure to lead is a substantial public health hazard worldwide and is particularly problematic in the Republic of South Africa given the country’s late cessation of leaded petrol. Lead exposure is associated with a number of serious health issues
Cooper, Matthew J., Cooper Matthew J., Schutkowski, Holger, Trueman, C., Hess Catherine A., Holger Schutkowski, Clive N. Trueman, Matthew J Cooper, Clive N Trueman, Martin J. Smith, Smith Martin J., Smith, M.J., Catherine A Hess, Catherine A. Hess, Hess, Catherine, Trueman Clive N., Martin J Smith, Cooper, M.J., Schutkowski Holger, Smith, Martin J., Matthew J. Cooper, Hess, Catherine A., Trueman, Clive N.   +22 more
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Childhood Blood Lead Reductions Following Removal of Leaded Ceramic Glazes in Artisanal Pottery Production: A Success Story

Journal of Health and Pollution, 2013
Background. Lead exposure within artisanal ceramics workshop communities in Mexico continues to be a major source of childhood lead poisoning. Artisanal ceramics workshops expose children through direct ingestion, contaminated soil, and food prepared in ...
Donald E. Jones, MS, Mario Covarrubias Pérez, Bret Ericson, Daniel Estrada Sánchez, Sandra Gualtero, Andrea Smith-Jones, MS, Jack Caravanos, DrPH, CIH   +6 more
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan, Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almarez, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Maja Cesen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Louise Galmiche, Jorg Fuchs, Sarah Braungart, Bilgehan Yalcin, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +18 more
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