Open AccessSecond-hand Smoke Exposure and Blood Lead Levels in U.S. Children
Author(s) -
David M. Mannino,
Rachel Albalak,
Scott D. Grosse,
James L. Repace
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/01.ede.0000081998.02432.53
Subject(s) - cotinine , confidence interval , medicine , blood lead level , national health and nutrition examination survey , logistic regression , odds ratio , tobacco smoke , geometric mean , linear regression , passive smoking , lead (geology) , smoke , lead poisoning , environmental health , demography , nicotine , lead exposure , physiology , statistics , mathematics , population , chemistry , biology , cats , paleontology , organic chemistry , psychiatry , sociology
Lead is a component of tobacco and tobacco smoke, and smokers have higher blood lead levels than do nonsmokers.