Purpose. Common sources of lead exposure, the primary clinical effects of lead toxicity, and
current recommendations for managing lead toxicity, including chelation therapy, are …

El plomo es un metal que se ha usado extensamente desde la antigüedad, por lo que se le
puede demostrar en la mayoría de personas. Este metal afecta sistemas, órganos y tejidos y …

A Child’s World: Infancy Through Adolescence, Tenth Edition
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Objective: To determine the relative contribution of residential lead hazards to children's
blood lead concentrations during early childhood. Methods: We enrolled children 6 months …

Risk to human health as a consequence of toxic materials found in modern societies is a
matter of grave concern to the world community. What is more, risks to humans that arise …

The evidence that iron deficiency increases lead child exposure is based primarily on
animal data and limited human studies, and some of this evidence is contradictory. No …

Despite its broad usefulness, lead has been long recognized to be acutely toxic at high‐
dose exposures. This chapter deals with adverse health effects caused by exposure to lead …

Objective. To assess whether small elevations in blood lead level were associated with
measurable behavioral changes in a group of poor children between 1 and 3 years old …

▪ Abstract Lead poisoning is the most significant and prevalent disease of environmental
origin among US children. Despite over 100 years' knowledge of the special hazards of lead …

The decline in the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning is a public health success story.
However, nearly a million preschool-aged children in the United States alone have elevated …