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Demographic differences in exposure to toxic trace elements in urban South Africa during the 20th century. [PDF]

Exposure to toxic elements is a significant threat to public and individual health worldwide. Toxic elements such as heavy metals are associated with increased mortality and morbidity in both men and women and are a substantial contributor to ...
Hess, Catherine
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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
Cooper, Matthew J., Cooper Matthew J., Schutkowski, Holger, Trueman, C., Hess Catherine A., Holger Schutkowski, Clive N. Trueman, Matthew J Cooper, Clive N Trueman, Martin J. Smith, Smith Martin J., Smith, M.J., Catherine A Hess, Catherine A. Hess, Hess, Catherine, Trueman Clive N., Martin J Smith, Cooper, M.J., Schutkowski Holger, Smith, Martin J., Matthew J. Cooper, Hess, Catherine A., Trueman, Clive N.   +22 more
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Food Exposures to Lead

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1974
Exposures to lead have emanated from various sources, including food, throughout human history. Occupational and environmental exposures (especially pica) appear to account for much of the identified human disease, however, food-borne exposures deserve further investigation.
A C, Kolbye, K R, Mahaffey, J A, Fiorino, P C, Corneliussen, C F, Jelinek   +4 more
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The Australian Work Exposures Study: Occupational Exposure to Lead and Lead Compounds [PDF]

Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2015
The aims of this study were to produce a population-based estimate of the prevalence of work-related exposure to lead and its compounds, to identify the main circumstances of exposures, and to collect information on the use of workplace control measures designed to decrease those exposures.Data came from the Australian Workplace Exposures Study, a ...
Driscoll, T., Carey, Renee, Peters, S., Glass, D., Benke, G., Reid, Alison, Fritschi, Lin   +6 more
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Lead poisoning linked to occupational exposure - case reports

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019
Introduction: Lead is one of the oldest widely used industrial metals. Throughout the ages, its significant toxicity caused poisoning of exposed people. Even today occupational exposure remains a significant hazard.
Andrzej Kościuk, Michał Kos, Justyna Drankowska, Michał Tchórz   +3 more
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Blood metabolic fingerprinting of rats, subjected to subchronic lead exposure

Public Health and Toxicology, 2021
Introduction Environmental pollution with heavy metals is vital issue in the present time. Lead, as one of the environmental contaminators, deserves attention due to its applicability in human activity and its xenobiotic character. Methods In this study
Aleksei I. Chemezov, Marina P. Sutunkova, Ilzira A. Minigalieva, Svetlana V. Klinova, Iulia V. Ryabova   +4 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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Testing Homes for Potential Sources of Lead Exposure as a High‐School Science Project

GeoHealth, 2021
High‐school students tested soil, paint, and water for lead (Pb) in a total of 80 houses in their town of Pelham, New York, where blood‐Pb data indicate relatively high levels of child exposure.
Evan M. Sefchick, Daniel Dusevic, Jack R. Dougherty, Andrew Terraciano, Tyler Ellis, Alexander van Geen   +5 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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Lead Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease among Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Medical Sciences, 2019
Lead and its effects on cardiovascular-related markers were explored in this cross-sectional study of young adults (18−44 years) and middle-aged adults (45−65 years) from the United States using the National Health and Nutrition Examination ...
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi
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