Lead: ongoing public and occupational health issues in vulnerable populations: a case study
Author(s) -
Ishani Kar-Purkayastha,
Sooria Balasegaram,
Dwaipayan Sen,
Alam Rehman,
Paul I. Dargan,
D. Johnston,
A Raynal,
David M. Wood,
A. Abrahams,
Robie Kamanyire,
V. Murray,
Rebecca Cordery
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr077
Subject(s) - environmental health , public health , lead poisoning , medicine , occupational safety and health , lead exposure , population , multidisciplinary approach , nursing , political science , psychiatry , pathology , cats , law
Lead has been recognized increasingly as a public health risk, although with the introduction of wide-ranging occupational and public health measures, levels of blood lead in the general population of the UK and other developed nations have been in decline in recent years. Nonetheless, cases of lead poisoning still occur.
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