scholarly journals Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Hanna-Attisha ◽  
Jenny LaChance ◽  
Richard Casey Sadler ◽  
Allison Champney Schnepp
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels

scholarly journals Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Infants and Mothers in Benin and Potential Sources of Exposure

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Bodeau-Livinec ◽  
Philippe Glorennec ◽  
Michel Cot ◽  
Pierre Dumas ◽  
Séverine Durand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels

Lead Levels, Home Dust, and Proximity to Lead Smelters

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-603
Author(s):  
Philip J. Landrigan
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lead ◽  
The United States ◽  
Outdoor Play ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Lead Smelter ◽  
Soil Lead ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels

The article by Kimbrough et al (Pediatrics. 1995;95:550-554) concerning a survey of blood lead levels among children residing near a closed, heavily contaminated lead smelter found that 78 of 490 preschoolers (16%) had blood lead levels at or above the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention action level of 10 µg/dL. By contrast, the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among all preschool children in the United States is 8.9%.1 Kimbrough et al found that blood lead levels were positively correlated with home dust lead levels, soil lead levels, hours of outdoor play, and levels of lead in indoor paint.

Question Regarding Need for Treatment

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-622
Author(s):  
Arthur W. Kaemmer ◽  
Byron R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mass Screening ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
Environmental Lead ◽  
Need For Treatment ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels

Dr. Greensher and his colleagues are to be congratulated for bringing to the readers' attention a most unusual source of lead poisoning. Inasmuch as many localities are initiating city-wide lead screening programs, it is obvious that pediatricians in this country will be seeing many children with abnormally elevated blood lead levels, and in many cases diligent efforts such as this will have to be undertaken to determine the exact source of the environmental lead. biggest problems with mass screening programs for lead poisoning are well outlined by Moriarty's article.2

Risk for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in 3- and 4-Year-Old Children

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime S. Raymond ◽  
Roberta Anderson ◽  
Mark Feingold ◽  
David Homa ◽  
Mary Jean Brown
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels

scholarly journals Elevated Blood Lead Levels Are Associated with Reduced Risk of Malaria in Beninese Infants

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e0149049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violeta Moya-Alvarez ◽  
Michael Osei Mireku ◽  
Pierre Ayotte ◽  
Michel Cot ◽  
Florence Bodeau-Livinec
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Reduced Risk

scholarly journals Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among pregnant women and sources of lead exposure in rural Bangladesh: A case control study

2018 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna E. Forsyth ◽  
M. Saiful Islam ◽  
Sarker Masud Parvez ◽  
Rubhana Raqib ◽  
M. Sajjadur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lead Exposure ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Control Study

Blood Lead Screening Practices Among US Pediatricians

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-377
Author(s):  
James R. Campbell ◽  
Stanley J. Schaffer ◽  
Peter G. Szilagyi ◽  
Karen G. O'Connor ◽  
Peter Briss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Blood Lead Level ◽  
Lead Level ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
Primary Care Pediatricians ◽  
Elevated Blood Lead Levels

Objectives. In 1991, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decreased the blood lead level of concern to 10 µg/dL (0.48 µmol/L) and recommended universal screening. Because these guidelines continue to provoke controversy, we conducted a study to:1) estimate the proportion of pediatricians who are members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) who report screening for elevated blood lead levels; 2) describe their clinical practices regarding screening for elevated blood lead levels; 3) compare attitudes of universal screeners, selective screeners, and nonscreeners; and 4) identify characteristics of pediatricians who universally screen. Design. Confidential, cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative random sample of 1610 pediatricians conducted through the AAP Periodic Survey. Subjects. The study included 1035 responders (64% response rate). Analysis was limited to the 734 pediatricians who provide well-child care (ie, primary-care pediatricians). Results. Fifty-three percent of pediatricians reported screening all their patients aged 9 to 36 months, 39% reported screening some, and 8% reported screening none. Among those who screen, 96% use a blood lead assay. The primary risk factors for which selective screeners screen are: history of pica (94%); living in an older home with recent renovations (92%); living in an older home with peeling paint (93%); and having a sibling who had an elevated blood lead level (88%). Among primary-care pediatricians, 73% agree that blood lead levels ≥10 µg/dL should be considered elevated, and 16% disagree. However, 89% of primary-care pediatricians believe that epidemiologic studies should be performed to determine which communities have high proportions of children with elevated blood lead levels, and 34% of primary-care pediatricians believe that the costs of screening exceed the benefits. Conclusions. Three years after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines for the management of elevated blood lead levels, a slight majority of primary-care pediatricians in the United States who are members of the AAP report that they universally screen their appropriately aged patients, while most of the remaining pediatricians report screening high-risk patients. Many pediatricians may want additional guidance about circumstances under which selective screening should be considered.

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