Open AccessChildhood Lead Exposure After the Phaseout of Leaded Gasoline: An Ecological Study of School-Age Children in Kampala, Uganda
Author(s) -
Lauren K. Graber,
Daniel Asher,
Natasha Anandaraja,
Richard F. Bopp,
Karen R. Merrill,
Mark R. Cullen,
Samuel Luboga,
Leonardo Trasande
Publication year - 2010
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.0901768
Subject(s) - environmental health , lead exposure , ecological study , medicine , gasoline , toxicology , geography , demography , environmental science , biology , population , chemistry , cats , organic chemistry , sociology
Tetraethyl lead was phased out of gasoline in Uganda in 2005. Recent mitigation of an important source of lead exposure suggests examination and re-evaluation of the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in this country. Ongoing concerns persist about exposure from the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the country's capital.