The influence of declining air lead levels on blood lead-air lead slope factors in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is difficult to discern the proportion of blood lead (PbB) attributable to ambient air lead (PbA), given the multitude of lead (Pb) sources and pathways of exposure. The PbB-PbA relationship has previously been evaluated across populations. This relationship was a central consideration in the 2008 review of the Pb national ambient air quality standards.

Objectives

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the relationship between PbB and PbA concentrations among children nationwide for recent years and to compare the relationship with those obtained from other studies in the literature.

Methods

We merged participant-level data for PbB from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III (1988-1994) and NHANES 9908 (1999-2008) with P

SUBMITTER: Richmond-Bryant J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4080523 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature