Lead in air in Bangladesh: exposure in a rural community with elevated blood lead concentrations among young children

MK Woo, ES Young, MG Mostofa, S Afroz… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Previous evaluations of a birth cohort in the Munshiganj District of Bangladesh had found
that over 85% of 397 children aged 2–3 years had blood lead concentrations above the …

Childhood lead poisoning in Gaza strip, the Palestinian Authority

JM Safi, MM Yassin, YZ El-Nahhal, YA Abed… - Journal of Trace …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess lead poisoning among a pediatric population in Gaza Strip, the
Palestinian Authority. Methods A total of 1705 questionnaires and blood samples were …

Elevated blood lead levels in infants and children in Haiti, 2015

C Carpenter, B Potts, J von Oettingen… - Public Health …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Few studies have reported blood lead levels (BLLs) in Haitian children, despite
the known presence of lead from environmental factors such as soil, water, leaded paint and …

Collaboration for Lead Poisoning Prevention in Puerto Rico

G Huerta-Montañez, W Muñiz-Forestier… - …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
In 2010, Puerto Rico experienced a cluster of childhood lead poisoning cases stemming
from parental occupational exposure to lead. Following the immediate response to this …

Using small area prevalence survey methods to conduct blood lead assessments among children

KB Egan, T Dignam, MJ Brown, T Bayleyegn… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Prevalence surveys conducted in geographically small areas such as towns,
zip codes, neighborhoods or census tracts are a valuable tool for estimating the extent to …

Examples of applied public health through the work of the Epidemic Intelligence Service officers at CDC's National Center for Environmental Health: 2006–2015

YI Carroll, FA Rashid, H Falk, MM Howley - Public health reviews, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Epidemic Intelligence Service officers (EISOs) at the National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) …

Smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in households with children, Puerto Rico, 2010

J Chen, T Dignam, F Yip, BR García, C Blanton… - The journal of primary …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract In 2017, Puerto Rico sustained extensive damage from Hurricane Maria, increasing
the risk of fires and carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings. Using a population-based, in-person …