Lead in Paint: Three Decades Later and Still a Hazard for African Children?

BACKGROUND: Surveys undertaken in South Africa have shown that a large proportion of children are exposed to lead from a variety of sources. OBJECTIVES: The overall objective of this work was to examine, through a series of small-scale investigations, the role of lead-based paint in the blood lead d...

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Autores principales: Mathee, Angela, Röllin, Halina, Levin, Jonathan, Naik, Inakshi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2007
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Commentaries & Reviews
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1849931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17431477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9575
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author Mathee, Angela
Röllin, Halina
Levin, Jonathan
Naik, Inakshi
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Naik, Inakshi
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description BACKGROUND: Surveys undertaken in South Africa have shown that a large proportion of children are exposed to lead from a variety of sources. OBJECTIVES: The overall objective of this work was to examine, through a series of small-scale investigations, the role of lead-based paint in the blood lead distribution of South African children. DISCUSSION: We suggest that the African public health community strengthen their efforts to prevent lead poisoning in African children through a holistic approach that includes the promulgation and enforcement of appropriate legislation as well as research to identify further sources of exposure to lead.
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spelling pubmed-18499312007-04-12 Lead in Paint: Three Decades Later and Still a Hazard for African Children? Mathee, Angela Röllin, Halina Levin, Jonathan Naik, Inakshi Environ Health Perspect Commentaries & Reviews BACKGROUND: Surveys undertaken in South Africa have shown that a large proportion of children are exposed to lead from a variety of sources. OBJECTIVES: The overall objective of this work was to examine, through a series of small-scale investigations, the role of lead-based paint in the blood lead distribution of South African children. DISCUSSION: We suggest that the African public health community strengthen their efforts to prevent lead poisoning in African children through a holistic approach that includes the promulgation and enforcement of appropriate legislation as well as research to identify further sources of exposure to lead. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2007-03 2006-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC1849931/ /pubmed/17431477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9575 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Publication of EHP lies in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from EHP may be reprinted freely. Use of materials published in EHP should be acknowledged (for example, ?Reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives?); pertinent reference information should be provided for the article from which the material was reproduced. Articles from EHP, especially the News section, may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright.
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Levin, Jonathan
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Lead in Paint: Three Decades Later and Still a Hazard for African Children?
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title_full Lead in Paint: Three Decades Later and Still a Hazard for African Children?
title_fullStr Lead in Paint: Three Decades Later and Still a Hazard for African Children?
title_full_unstemmed Lead in Paint: Three Decades Later and Still a Hazard for African Children?
title_short Lead in Paint: Three Decades Later and Still a Hazard for African Children?
title_sort lead in paint: three decades later and still a hazard for african children?
topic Commentaries & Reviews
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1849931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17431477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9575
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