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Lead levels of new solvent-based household paints in Zimbabwe and Botswana: A preliminary study
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2022 Background: Lead paint remains a major potential source of lead poisoning globally, but there has been no documentation on lead content in solvent paints available on the markets in Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Rose A. Kambarami +6 more
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Blood Lead Levels among Non-Occupationally Exposed Pregnant Women in Southern Thailand
Toxics, 2022 Lead (Pb) is a heavy metal that is toxic to humans, especially children and pregnant women. In Thailand, guidelines exist to minimize lead exposure in pregnant women working in lead-related occupations. However, no guidelines exist for pregnant women who
Donrawee Waeyeng +4 more
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Sources of Lead Exposure in West Africa
Sci, 2022 This commentary is an investigation of sources of lead (Pb) exposure in West Africa. Pb is generally acknowledged as one of the most widespread environmental health hazards in West Africa, and there is heightened concern over adverse health effects at ...
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi
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Lead Exposure in Day Care Centers
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1995 The risk of lead poisoning among 155 of 234 eligible children (mean age, 4.8 years) enrolled in university affiliated day care centers with elevated environmental lead sources was determined at the Department of Pediatrics and University Hygienic ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to dietary lead exposure among adults in China, 2017
Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022 ObjectiveTo analyze the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) attributable to dietary lead among Chinese adults aged 18 years and over in 2017, and to provide a reference for assessing health hazards caused by exposure to lead in diet.
Yi-ling LI, Yi-zhong YAN, Jia-lin LIU
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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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Lead exposure induces nitrative stress and disrupts ribbon synapses in the cochlea
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 Environmental exposure to heavy metal lead, a public health hazard in many post-industrial cities, causes hearing impairment upon long-term exposure. Lead-induced cochlear and vestibular dysfunction is well-documented in animal models.
Rita Rosati +4 more
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Asymptomatic Heavy Lead Exposure
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1996 Three asymptomatic children, ages 34, 23, and 26 months, with blood lead levels >100 mcg/dL on routine screening are reported from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
J Gordon Millichap
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Diseases, 2018 In this cross-sectional study, lead exposure among those with a history in military environments was examined. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) are clinical markers of blood pressure, while gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi +1 more
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Lead Exposure in Infancy and Subsequent Growth in Beninese Children
Toxics, 2022 Studies suggest that elevated postnatal blood lead levels (BLLs) are negatively associated with child growth. This study aimed to investigate the associations of childhood BLLs at age one year and growth outcomes at age six years (n = 661) in a cohort of
Shukrullah Ahmadi +9 more
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