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Take‐home lead poisoning in a child from his father's occupational exposure
Author(s) -
Gerson Marianne,
Van Den Eeden Stephen K.,
Gahagan Patricia
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199605)29:5<507::aid-ajim9>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - lead poisoning , medicine , environmental health , lead exposure , lead (geology) , occupational exposure , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , pathology , cats , geomorphology , geology
With the publication of revised CDC guidelines in 1991, concern about childhood lead poisoning has increased. Exposure to lead‐based paint and paint dust is currently considered the major source of lead poisoning in the United States. We describe a child who had elevated BLL related to lead‐contaminated clothing that the father brought home from his workplace. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.