Open AccessThe Global Burden of Lead Toxicity Attributable to Informal Used Lead-Acid Battery Sites
Author(s) -
Bret Ericson,
Phillip J. Landrigan,
Mark Patrick Taylor,
Joseph Frostad,
Jack Caravanos
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of global health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 66
ISSN - 2214-9996
DOI - 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.10.015
Subject(s) - annals , global health , public health , publication , medicine , publishing , political science , public relations , law , geography , nursing , archaeology
Prior calculations of the burden of disease from environmental lead exposure in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not included estimates of the burden from lead-contaminated sites because of a lack of exposure data, resulting in an underestimation of a serious public health problem.
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