Relation between Blood Lead Levels and Childhood Anemia in India

Lead pollution is a substantial problem in developing countries such as India. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has defined an elevated blood lead level in children as ≥10 μg/dl, on the basis of neurologic toxicity. The US Environmental Protection Agency suggests a threshold lead le...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of epidemiology 2005-05, Vol.161 (10), p.968-973
Hauptverfasser:	Jain, Nitin B., Laden, Francine, Guller, Ulrich, Shankar, Anoop, Kazani, Shamsah, Garshick, Eric
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Distribution Analysis. Health state Anemia Anemia - blood Anemia - classification Anemia - epidemiology Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies Biological and medical sciences Blood Breast Feeding - epidemiology child Child, Preschool Children & youth confidence interval Diseases of red blood cells Epidemiology Female General aspects Health Surveys Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Humans India India - epidemiology Infant Lead Lead - blood lead poisoning Logistic Models Male Medical sciences Odds Ratio Prevalence Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Siblings Socioeconomic Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	Lead pollution is a substantial problem in developing countries such as India. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has defined an elevated blood lead level in children as ≥10 μg/dl, on the basis of neurologic toxicity. The US Environmental Protection Agency suggests a threshold lead level of 20–40 μg/dl for risk of childhood anemia, but there is little information relating lead levels
ISSN:	0002-9262 1476-6256
DOI:	10.1093/aje/kwi126