A community-initiated study of blood lead levels of Nicaraguan children living near a battery factory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11035841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlos Morales Bonilla (National University of Engineering), Evelyn A Mauss |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1843-1845 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.88.12.1843 |
| PMID | 9842385 |
| OpenAlex | W1985324404 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
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 7.40 +/- 5.37 micrograms/dL in the controls (P
Battery (electricity) · Blood lead level · Environmental health · Factory (object-oriented programming) · Government (linguistics) · Lead exposure · Lead poisoning · Psychiatry · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity · Heavy metals in environment · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mercury impact and mitigation studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2018 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |