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Lead poisoning with low blood lead levels [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1974 Summary Two cases are reported in which symptomatic lead poisoning coincided with normal haemoglobin concentrations and blood lead levels below 80 μg/100 ml. Urinary coproporphyrins and amino laevulinic acid concentrations were elevated.
P, Torkington, K K, Bhalla
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Blood Lead Levels in U.S. Women of Childbearing Age, 1976–2016
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2020 Background: Lead can adversely affect maternal and child health across a wide range of exposures; developing fetuses and breastfeeding infants may be particularly vulnerable. We describe the distribution of blood lead levels (BLLs) in U.S.
A. Ettinger +3 more
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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021 Background: Chronic exposure to lead is detrimental, despite exposed to very low levels. Hematological and cardiovascular system are among the commonly affected systems due to chronic lead exposure.
Kuldip Upadhyay +4 more
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Children, 2022 Childhood lead exposure is a commonly known risk factor affecting children’s health, and 10 governments have taken actions to reduce children’s lead exposure sources. Because lab testing for children’s blood lead levels (BLLs) was not popularized easily,
Yixuan Xie, Yaohua Dai, Tao Li
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The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Background Pruritus is a common and often distressing symptom in patients with chronic kidney disease. Though the pathogenesis of uremic pruritus remains poorly understood, systemic inflammation has presented itself as one of the possible explanations ...
Sahar Mahmoud Shawky +2 more
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Heliyon, 2022 Objectives: To construct, validate, and implement a new screening tool for lead exposure in Thai pregnant women. Methods: A cross-sectional study that included three processes: screening tool development, validation, and implementation.
Donrawee Waeyeng +5 more
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Adverse effects of maternal lead levels on birth outcomes in the ALSPAC study:a prospective birth cohort study [PDF]
, 2015 Objective To study the associations of prenatal blood lead levels (B-Pb) with pregnancy outcomes in a large cohort of mother–child pairs in the UK.Design Prospective birth cohort study.Setting Avon area of Bristol, UK.Population Pregnant women enrolled ...
Taylor, Caroline M +5 more
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The toxic effect of lead on human health
Human Biology and Public Health, 2023 Increasing amounts of anthropogenic contaminants have heavily polluted the atmosphere. This is one of the global environmental problems. Deposition of atmospheric contaminants on the earth’s surface brings potential risks to human health.
Gopal Chandra Mandal +2 more
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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 +1 more
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Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2022 Context: Lead (Pb) smelting workers are exposed to high lead levels and its adverse health effects. Despite no biological role, regulatory bodies regard blood lead levels (BLL) ≤40 μg/dL as upper acceptable limit in occupationally lead exposed population.
Kuldip Upadhyay +5 more
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