Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom.

A survey of metals in United Kingdom dusts and soils has confirmed widespread lead contamination with a geometric mean value for lead in surface (0-5 cm) garden soils of 266 micrograms/g and in housedusts of 561 micrograms/g (excluding old mining areas). A subsequent detailed survey of 97 householde...

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Autores principales: Thornton, I, Davies, D J, Watt, J M, Quinn, M J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1990
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2088756
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author Thornton, I
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description A survey of metals in United Kingdom dusts and soils has confirmed widespread lead contamination with a geometric mean value for lead in surface (0-5 cm) garden soils of 266 micrograms/g and in housedusts of 561 micrograms/g (excluding old mining areas). A subsequent detailed survey of 97 householders in Birmingham with 2-year-old children showed dust lead loading in the home environment to be an important predictor of blood lead concentrations in young children, when both variables fell within the normal range for the U.K. The total estimated lead uptake by the young child was 36 micrograms/day of which 1 microgram was by inhalation and 35 micrograms by ingestion.
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spelling pubmed-15677762006-09-18 Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom. Thornton, I Davies, D J Watt, J M Quinn, M J Environ Health Perspect Research Article A survey of metals in United Kingdom dusts and soils has confirmed widespread lead contamination with a geometric mean value for lead in surface (0-5 cm) garden soils of 266 micrograms/g and in housedusts of 561 micrograms/g (excluding old mining areas). A subsequent detailed survey of 97 householders in Birmingham with 2-year-old children showed dust lead loading in the home environment to be an important predictor of blood lead concentrations in young children, when both variables fell within the normal range for the U.K. The total estimated lead uptake by the young child was 36 micrograms/day of which 1 microgram was by inhalation and 35 micrograms by ingestion. 1990-11 /pmc/articles/PMC1567776/ /pubmed/2088756 Text en
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Thornton, I
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Quinn, M J
Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom.
title Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom.
title_full Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom.
title_fullStr Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom.
title_full_unstemmed Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom.
title_short Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom.
title_sort lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the united kingdom.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567776/
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