Elevated Blood Lead Concentrations and Vitamin D Deficiency in Winter and Summer in Young Urban Children | Zendy

Francis W. Kemp | Zendy; Prasad V.S.V. Neti | Zendy; Roger W. Howell | Zendy; Peter Wenger | Zendy; Donald B. Louria | Zendy; John D. Bogden | Zendy

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Elevated Blood Lead Concentrations and Vitamin D Deficiency in Winter and Summer in Young Urban Children

Author(s) -

Francis W. Kemp,

Prasad V.S.V. Neti,

Roger W. Howell,

Peter Wenger,

Donald B. Louria,

John D. Bogden

Publication year - 2006

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.9389

Subject(s) - environmental health , lead poisoning , lead (geology) , medicine , pediatrics , physiology , environmental science , biology , paleontology , psychiatry

It is widely recognized that blood lead concentrations are higher in the summer than in winter. Although the effects of some environmental factors such as lead in dust on this phenomenon have been studied, relationships to sunlight-induced vitamin D synthesis have not been adequately investigated. Vitamin D status is influenced by the diet, sunlight exposure, age, skin pigmentation, and other factors, and may modify gastrointestinal lead absorption or release of lead stored in bones into the bloodstream.

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