Carlos Morales Bonilla
Biographic Data
| ID | 6076097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carlos Morales Bonilla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carlos Morales |
| FAMILY NAME | Bonilla |
| SIGNATURE | BONILLA C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carlos Morales Bonilla is with the National Reference and Diagnostic Center, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua. Evelyn A. Mauss was a consultant to the Natural Resources Defense Council. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Update on Lead Poisoning in a Nicaraguan Community
In a report in the Journal in 1998,1 we described a then unprecedented measure taken by parents in Pablo Ubeda, a poor barrio in Managua, Nicaragua. The parents had feared that lead emissions from the battery factory at the border of their barrio might be harmful to their children. Their appeals to government that the emissions be reduced or the factory closed had been ignored, as had newspaper and television reports of their concerns, and so the…
A community-initiated study of blood lead levels of Nicaraguan children living near a battery factory
OBJECTIVES: In response to requests by parents in Managua, Nicaragua, whose neighborhood borders a battery factory, 97 children were tested for blood lead, as were 30 children in a neighborhood without an obvious source of environmental lead. METHODS: Venous blood was examined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Educational workshops were conducted. RESULTS: Mean blood lead levels were 17.21 +/- 9.92 micrograms/dL in the index children and 7.…
A community-initiated study of blood lead levels of Nicaraguan children living near a battery factory
OBJECTIVES: In response to requests by parents in Managua, Nicaragua, whose neighborhood borders a battery factory, 97 children were tested for blood lead, as were 30 children in a neighborhood without an obvious source of environmental lead. METHODS: Venous blood was examined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Educational workshops were conducted. RESULTS: Mean blood lead levels were 17.21 +/- 9.92 micrograms/dL in the index children and 7.…
A community-initiated study of blood lead levels of Nicaraguan children living near a battery factory
OBJECTIVES: In response to requests by parents in Managua, Nicaragua, whose neighborhood borders a battery factory, 97 children were tested for blood lead, as were 30 children in a neighborhood without an obvious source of environmental lead. METHODS: Venous blood was examined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Educational workshops were conducted. RESULTS: Mean blood lead levels were 17.21 +/- 9.92 micrograms/dL in the index children and 7.…
Update on Lead Poisoning in a Nicaraguan Community
In a report in the Journal in 1998,1 we described a then unprecedented measure taken by parents in Pablo Ubeda, a poor barrio in Managua, Nicaragua. The parents had feared that lead emissions from the battery factory at the border of their barrio might be harmful to their children. Their appeals to government that the emissions be reduced or the factory closed had been ignored, as had newspaper and television reports of their concerns, and so the…
Environmental health (2 works) · Factory (object-oriented programming) (2 works) · Government (linguistics) (2 works) · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (2 works) · Heavy metals in environment (2 works) · Lead poisoning (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Battery (electricity) (1 works) · Blood lead level (1 works)