Smelting Remains a Public Health Risk Nearly a Century Later: A Case Study in Pueblo, Colorado, USA

Pueblo, Colorado has a long history of smelting activities, and recent studies raised concerns about lead exposure. This study tested 240 children in Pueblo for blood lead levels (BLLs) and found a significant association between distance from old smelters and children BLLs. Around 7.5% of Pueblo ch...

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Autores principales: Diawara, Moussa M., Shrestha, Sofy, Carsella, Jim, Farmer, Shanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5981971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29735921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050932

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5981971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29735921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050932

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