Blood Lead Level in a Paediatric Population of South-Eastern Spain and Associated Risk Factors

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ID15467404
AuthorsLucía Ruiz-Tudela (Hospital Rafael Méndez, corresponding author), María Á Vázquez-López (0000-0001-5080-5825, Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas, corresponding author), Icíar García-Escobar (Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas), José Eugenio Cabrera-Sevilla (0000-0002-6269-9692, Santa Lucía University General Hospital), Sara Gómez-Bueno (Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas), Manuel Martín‐González (0000-0002-5948-1588, Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas), Manuel Martin-Gonzalez (Departament of Pediatric, Torrecárdenas University Hospital, 04009 Almería, Spain), Francisco Javier Muñoz-Vico (Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue4
Pages1825-1825
Publication date2021-02-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18041825
PMID33668485
OpenAlexW3132738853
LanguageEN
References cited35

BLL and the prevalence of toxic BLL in healthy subjects aged 1-16 years living in south-eastern Spain are low and similar to those found in other developed countries. The factors associated with toxic BLL are immigrant origin, low level of parental education and dietary iron deficiency. The toxicity of BLL was not related to changes in the analytical parameters studied

Anemia · Blood lead level · Environmental health · Lead exposure · Lead poisoning · Logistic regression · Population · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity · Iron Metabolism and Disorders · Medicine · Trace Elements in Health · Internal Medicine

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