Lead Exposures in U.S. Children, 2008: Implications for Prevention
Author(s) -
Ronnie Levin,
Mary Jean Brown,
Michael E. Kashtock,
David E. Jacobs,
Elizabeth A. Whelan,
Joanne Rodman,
Michael R. Schock,
Alma Padilla,
Thomas Sinks
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.11241
Subject(s) - environmental health , context (archaeology) , lead exposure , public health , psychological intervention , medicine , disease control , lead poisoning , government (linguistics) , business , lead (geology) , geography , biology , cats , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , archaeology , psychiatry , paleontology
We reviewed the sources of lead in the environments of U.S. children, contributions to children's blood lead levels, source elimination and control efforts, and existing federal authorities. Our context is the U.S. public health goal to eliminate pediatric elevated blood lead levels (EBLs) by 2010.
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