Exploring persistent racial/ethnic disparities in lead exposure among American children aged 1–5 years: results from NHANES 1999–2016 | Zendy

Simisola O. Teye | Zendy; Jeff D. Yanosky | Zendy; Yendelela Cuffee | Zendy; Xingran Weng | Zendy; Raffy R. Luquis | Zendy; Elana Farace | Zendy; Li Wang | Zendy

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Exploring persistent racial/ethnic disparities in lead exposure among American children aged 1–5 years: results from NHANES 1999–2016

Author(s) -

Simisola O. Teye,

Jeff D. Yanosky,

Yendelela Cuffee,

Xingran Weng,

Raffy R. Luquis,

Elana Farace,

Li Wang

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

international archives of occupational and environmental health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.797

H-Index - 88

eISSN - 1432-1246

pISSN - 0340-0131

DOI - 10.1007/s00420-020-01616-4

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , ethnic group , national health and nutrition examination survey , blood lead level , population , lead poisoning , lead exposure , gerontology , environmental health , cats , psychiatry , sociology , anthropology

The aim of this study was to determine whether long-standing racial disparities in lead exposure still exists for children age 1-5 years old. We examined if blood lead levels were higher among non-Hispanic Black children and others compared to non-Hispanic White children.

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