Blood lead levels (BLLs) were analyzed at the Environmental Health Sciences Laboratory of the National Centre for Environmental Health (NCEH) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To measure BLLs, venous blood was collected. Before measurement, blood samples were weakened to a...
The CBLS data set provides local information but is limited to children who receive clinical or diagnostic blood lead testing. Second, because CDC guidelines recommend the use of blood lead data and census data to target screening efforts in populations at increased risk for lead exposure, the pro...
(2004). Blood lead levels in residents of homes with elevated lead in tap water-District of Columbia, 2004. CDC Morbid. Mortal. Weekly Rep. 53, 268.L. Stokes, N. C. Onwuche, P. Thomas, and J. O. Davies-Cole, "Blood lead levels in residents of homes with elevated lead in tap ...
However, the task force issued I statements, meaning that "the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for elevated blood lead levels" in asymptomatic children aged 5 years and younger and in asymptomatic pregnant women. Evidence inconclusive for lea...
CDC response to Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention recommendations in “Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call of Primary Prevention”. Google Scholar CDC, 2013 CDC Blood lead levels in children aged 1–5 years - United States, 1999–2010 Morb. Mortal. Wkly...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 27 released information indicating that between 1999 and 2002, blood-lead levels in the United States declined, a trend that has continued since 1991. The information was gathered as part of the National Health and Nutrition Exa...
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The USA has a high burden of childhood asthma. Previous studies have observed associations between higher blood lead levels and greater hypersensitivity in children. The objective of the present study was to estimate the association between blood lead co
The objective of this study was to determine blood lead levels (BLLs) and the possible sources of exposure in the population of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A cross-sectional survey was carried out from January to May 2008 in a representative sample of the Kinsh...