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The Lead Exposure among Lead Workers: An Epidemiological Study from West Turkey [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2009
"nBackground: This study has been conducted on workers from several workplaces where materials containing lead are used during December 2006-April 2007 in Eskişehir, a city of the Middle Anatolian Region of Turkey."nMethods: The study and ...
M Tozun, A Unsal, B Sirmagul
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Screening for blood lead level in reproductive age group individuals in Kathmandu

Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 2021
Introduction: Elevated blood lead level is associated with serious, often irreversible, health consequences. At present, the safe level of blood lead cannot be ascertained since the emerging data indicate the toxic potential to human organ system at a ...
Vivek Pant, Keyoor Gautam, Devish Pyakurel, Vijay Sharma, Nutan Sharma, Santosh Pradhan, Abha Shrestha   +6 more
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Lead Poisoning Risk Assessment: Blood Lead Screening

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1994
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lowered the blood lead level (BPb) considered a toxic risk to children from 25 mcg/dL to 10 mcg/dL in Oct 1991.
J Gordon Millichap
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Acute lead poisoning in an indoor firing range

Medycyna Pracy, 2020
The presented case demonstrates that acute lead poisoning may occur due to just short-term exposure to a mixture of lead-containing dust and ammunition.
Ladislav Štěpánek, Marie Nakládalová, Viktor Klementa, Veronika Ferenčíková   +3 more
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Blood Lead Levels among Children in Yaoundé Cameroon

Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
Blood lead levels (BLLs) are a useful indication of a population exposure to lead from environmental sources. No previous published study had reported BLLs in Cameroon.
Francisca Monebenimp, Gilbert Kuepouo, David Chelo, Pieme Constant Anatole, Anne-Cécile Zoung Kany Bissek, Perry Gottesfeld   +5 more
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The Correlation of Individual Factors with High Blood Pressure of Industrial Painters at a Land Transportation Manufacturing Company

Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan, 2021
Introduction: The use of lead-based paint in the manufacturing process on land transportation production contributed to the decline of ambient air quality.
Emmanuella Dyca Novayanti, Benny Dwi Prasetyo   +1 more
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Risk Factors of Blood Lead Level [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Lead is a heavy metal which is very dangerous in body. A Lead exposing continuously to somebody will have accumulative effect. This study aim was to elaborate risk factors of lead in blood.
Ardillah, Y. (Yustini), Yustini Ardillah
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Evaluation of lead levels in children with chronic constipation

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Objectives. This study aimed to assess blood and hair lead levels (BLL and HLL) in children with chronic constipation and compare them to healthy children; and investigated lead exposure’s role in the etiology of constipation.
Abdurrahman Zarif Güney, Güzide Doğan, Ali Toprak   +2 more
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Lead poisoning in a 6-month-old infant: a case report

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundLead is a toxic element of the environment that leads to major complications once it enters the blood stream, affecting multiple organs and systems of the body.MethodsWe present a case of a 6-month-old female infant diagnosed with lead ...
Yifei Duan, Yifei Duan, Lingyi Yan, Lingyi Yan, Zhengxiang Gao, Zhengxiang Gao, Yu Gou, Yu Gou   +7 more
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A more scientific blood lead reference value urgently needs to be updated in China: From a national and international insight

Eco-Environment & Health
Although blood lead levels (BLLs) in children have significantly decreased compared to two decades ago, incidents of lead poisoning and elevated BLLs among children continue to occur frequently.
Xiaoli Duan, Suzhen Cao, Jiacheng Guan, Ligang Hu, Chengye Sun, Chonghuai Yan, Xiaoli Zhao, Fengchang Wu   +7 more
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