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The global burden of lead exposure-related ischemic stroke: based on Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThe global burden of lead exposure-related ischemic stroke poses a significant concern for public health, and this study aimed to comprehensively analyze the current situation, the change patterns, and forecast potential future trends ...
Xiaofang Chen, Lihua Zhao, Xiaxia Wu, Dan Chen, Mingya Yao   +4 more
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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, Lucia L. Coulter, Louisa Chikara Mudawarima, Gwen Kandawasvika, Jack Rafferty, Clare Donaldson, Benjamin Stewart   +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, Tanaporn Khamphaya, Phisit Pouyfung, Udomratana Vattanasit, Supabhorn Yimthiang   +4 more
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Lead exposure from lead crystal

The Lancet, 1991
In a study of the elution of lead (Pb) from crystal decanters and glasses, port containing 89 micrograms Pb/l was placed in decanters and the Pb content of the wine rose steadily to 3518 micrograms/l after 4 months. Wines and spirits stored in crystal decanters for a long time contained Pb at concentrations up to 21,530 micrograms/l.
J H, Graziano, C, Blum
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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 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
A Mathee, A Mathee, A Mathee, A Mathee, A Mathee, A Navas-Acien, AC Todd, AM Motosue, B Nojilana, BP Lanphear, BS Glenn, Catherine A. Hess, CC Harper, Clive N. Trueman, D Byerlee, D Martin, DC Bellinger, DO Carpenter, DS Herman, E L’Abbe, E van Wijngaarden, F Monna, F van Gemert, H Hu, H Hu, H Hu, H Needleman, HL Needleman, HL Needleman, Holger Schutkowski, HW Mielke, I Baranowska, IA Bergdahl, J Heckman, Jaymie Meliker, JL Pirkle, JO Nriagu, JO Nriagu, JO Olowoyo, JO Olowoyo, JP Wright, K Bandeen-Roche, K Peltzer, K Peltzer, Ka Koller, KJA Thomas, KR Mahaffey, L Morrow, LE Wittmers, M Ezzati, M Faber, M Montgomery, Martin J. Smith, Matthew J. Cooper, MB Rabinowitz, MB Rabinowitz, MG Weisskopf, MR Dayal, NW White, OC Nweke, P Deveaux, P Muntner, PA Baghurst, PS Barry, PSI Barry, R Nevin, R Nevin, R Norman, R Smit, RA Goyer, RD Diab, RP Wedeen, RW Brown, SD Grosse, SR Grobler, WR Harlan, Y von Schirnding, Y von Schirnding, YER Von Schirnding, YER Von Schirnding, YW Cheng, ZR Kon   +81 more
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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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Association of Cumulative Lead Exposure with Parkinson's Disease [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND. Research using reconstructed exposure histories has suggested an association between heavy metal exposures, including lead, and Parkinson's disease (PD), but the only study that used bone lead, a biomarker of cumulative lead exposure, found a
Hersh, Bonnie, Hu, Howard, Nie, Huiling, Saint-Hilaire, Marie-Helene, Schwartz, Joel, Simon, David K., Sudarsky, Lewis, Weisskopf, Marc G., Weuve, Jennifer, Wright, Robert O.   +9 more
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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, Johnna A. Birbeck, Judy Westrick, Samson Jamesdaniel, Samson Jamesdaniel   +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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