Open AccessExposure of U.S. Children to Residential Dust Lead, 1999–2004: I. Housing and Demographic Factors
Author(s) -
Joanna M. Gaitens,
Sherry Dixon,
David E. Jacobs,
Jyothi Nagaraja,
Warren Strauss,
Jonathan Wilson,
Peter Ashley
Publication year - 2009
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.11917
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , environmental health , logistic regression , geometric mean , demography , population , lead exposure , medicine , geography , environmental science , statistics , mathematics , cats , sociology
Lead-contaminated house dust is a major source of lead exposure for children in the United States. In 1999-2004, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) collected dust lead (PbD) loading samples from the homes of children 12-60 months of age.