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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 +29 more
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Umbilical Cord Blood Lead Levels and Neonatal Behaviour
Negative correlations have been found between cord blood lead levels and scores on the Brazelton Neonatal Behaviour Assessment in 30 otherwise healthy newborns.
M. L. de Cáceres +3 more
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Blood lead levels in Mexico and pediatric burden of disease implications.
BACKGROUND Although there has been success in reducing lead exposure with the phase-out of leaded gasoline, exposure to lead in Mexico continues to threaten the health of millions, much of which is from lead-based glazes used in pottery that leaches into
J. Caravanos +10 more
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Study of lead phytoavailability for atmospheric industrial micronic and sub-micronic particles in relation with lead speciation [PDF]
Particles from channelled emissions of a battery recycling facility were size-segregated and investigated to correlate their speciation and morphology with their transfer towards lettuce. Microculture experiments carried out with various calcareous soils
Sobanska, Sophie +4 more
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Objective To determine blood lead levels and to identify related risk factors among children in Shanghai; to explore the lead change trend of children after industrial transformation and to provide data for policy development to control environmental ...
Jia Cao +4 more
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Background: The blood lead concentrations of workers in lead battery factories are more than 4 times higher than those of the general population in Taiwan. Therefore, efforts are needed to reduce lead exposure in this high-risk population.
莊弘毅;趙坤郁;王榮德 +1 more
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Exposure to moderate air pollution during late pregnancy and cord blood cytokine secretion in healthy neonates. [PDF]
Ambient air pollution can alter cytokine concentrations as shown in vitro and following short-term exposure to high air pollution levels in vivo. Exposure to pollution during late pregnancy has been shown to affect fetal lymphocytic immunophenotypes ...
Jakob Armann +21 more
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Blood lead level is a positive predictor of uremic pruritus in patients undergoing hemodialysis
Cheng-Hao Weng,1,2 Ching-Wei Hsu,1,2 Ching-Chih Hu,2,3 Tzung-Hai Yen,1,2 Ming-Jen Chan,1,2 Wen-Hung Huang1,2 1Department of Nephrology and Division of Clinical Toxicology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, 2Department of Medicine ...
Weng CH +5 more
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Blood lead levels in a group of children: the potential risk factors and health problems
Objective: To investigate blood lead levels (BLLs) in schoolchildren in two areas of Egypt to understand the current lead pollution exposure and its risk factors, aiming to improve prevention politicies.
Mones M. AbuShady +5 more
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Blood Lead Levels and children’s Behavioral and Emotional Problems: A Cohort Study
Importance The association between lead exposure and children’s IQ has been well studied, but few studies have examined the effects of blood lead on children’s behavior.
Jianghong Liu +8 more
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