Very High Blood Lead Levels Among Adults — United States, 2002–2011

Very High Blood Lead Levels Among Adults — United States, 2002–2011

Over the past several decades there has been a remarkable reduction in environmental sources of lead, improved protection from occupational lead exposure, and an overall decreasing trend in the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in U.S. adults. As a result, the U.S. national BLL geometr...

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Veröffentlicht in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2013-11, Vol.62 (47), p.967-971
Hauptverfasser: Kirschner, Kathryn, Leinenkugel, Kathy, Makowski, Mike, Fletcher, Alicia M, Braun, Carol R, Alarcon, Walter A, Sweeney, Marie H, Calvert, Geoffrey M
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Adults
Blood
Construction industries
Environmental Exposure - adverse effects
Epidemiology
Health care administration
Humans
Lead
Lead - blood
Lead industry
Lead mining
Lead Poisoning - diagnosis
Lead Poisoning - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Occupational Exposure - adverse effects
Occupational health and safety
Population Surveillance
Surveillance
United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Over the past several decades there has been a remarkable reduction in environmental sources of lead, improved protection from occupational lead exposure, and an overall decreasing trend in the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in U.S. adults. As a result, the U.S. national BLL geometric mean among adults was 1.2 µg/dL during 2009-2010. Nonetheless, lead exposures continue to occur at unacceptable levels. Current research continues to find that BLLs previously considered harmless can have harmful effects in adults, such as decreased renal function and increased risk for hypertension and essential tremor at BLLs
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X