Open AccessContinued Decline in Blood Lead Levels Among Adults in the United States
Author(s) -
Paul Muntner,
Andy Menke,
Karen B. DeSalvo,
Felicia A. Rabito,
Vecihi Batuman
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.18.2155
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , quartile , confidence interval , medicine , odds ratio , blood lead level , cross sectional study , demography , lead exposure , population , environmental health , cats , pathology , sociology
Declines in blood lead levels between 1976 and 1991 among US adults have been previously reported. More recent trends in blood lead levels and the association of lower blood lead levels with chronic disease have not been reported.
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