Behavioral disorders involving attention and impulse control dysfunction, such as ADHD, are
among the most prevalent disorders in children and adolescents, with significant impact on …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Over the past 50 years, there has been a substantial decline in the incidence of CVD and …

Background Research on the association between blood lead (Pb) and lipid biomarkers
have yielded inconsistent results, and epidemiological studies on blood Pb levels and …

Lead (Pb) is a neurotoxic metal, and no level of lead exposure is safe for children. China has
still experienced problems on child lead poisoning even though the Chinese government …

Background: Despite great progress in reducing environmental lead (Pb) levels, many
children in the United States are still being exposed. Objective: Our aim was to develop a …

Background To assess the persistence of neighborhood-level lead poisoning disparities in
Rhode Island. Methods Rhode Island Department of Health blood lead levels (BLL) …

The United States has made extraordinary progress during the past 50 years in reducing
children's exposure to lead. In the early 1970s, lead was ubiquitous in the US environment …

Background Lead is a persistent, ubiquitous pollutant whose historical sources have been
largely addressed through regulation and voluntary actions. The United States (US) has …

For this state-of-science overview of geospatial approaches for identifying US communities
with high lead-exposure risk, we compiled and summarized public data and national maps …

To identify US lead exposure risk hotspots, we expanded upon geospatial statistical
methods from a published Michigan case study. The evaluation of identified hotspots using …