Lead poisoning deaths in the United States, 1979 through 1988

JAMA ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 273 (11) ◽  
pp. 847-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Staes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poisoning Deaths

Lead poisoning in populations with low-socio-economic status in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 332-336
Author(s):  
Tracy Perron ◽  
Kelly Hartt ◽  
Danielle McCann ◽  
Rachel McGowan ◽  
Natalie Segers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Socio Economic Status

scholarly journals Teenage Driving, Mortality, and Risky Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-539
Author(s):  
Jason Huh ◽  
Julian Reif
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
Total Mortality ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Drug Overdoses ◽  
Poisoning Deaths

We investigate the effect of teenage driving on mortality and risky behaviors in the United States using a regression discontinuity design. We estimate that total mortality rises by 5.84 deaths per 100,000 (15 percent) at the minimum legal driving age cutoff, driven by an increase in motor vehicle fatalities of 4.92 deaths per 100,000 (44 percent). We also find that poisoning deaths, which are caused primarily by drug overdoses, rise by 0.31 deaths per 100,000 (29 percent) at the cutoff and that this effect is concentrated among females. Our findings show that teenage driving contributes to sex differences in risky drug use behaviors. (JEL I12, J13, J16, R41)

Hazards of Edathamil (EDTA) Therapy in Lead Intoxication

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-162
Author(s):  
B. F. ANDREWS
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Renal Tissue ◽  
Proximal Tubules ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Toxic Effects ◽  
Lead Intoxication ◽  
Accidental Poisoning ◽  
Pathologic Examination

It occurred to me when reading the Report of the Subcommittee on Accidental Poisoning, "Statement on Diagnosis and Treatment of Lead Poisoning in Childhood" (Pediatrics, 27:676, 1961), that mention of the potentially severe toxic effects of intravenously given CaEDTA should have been made. Five fatalities ascribed to CaEDTA have been reported from Germany and one from the United States in recent years. Also, fatalities have been associated with NaEDTA in the treatment of hypercalcemia. Pathologic examination of renal tissue from these patients revealed lesions of the proximal tubules.

Lead Toxicity in the 21st Century: Will We Still Be Treating It?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 678-680
Author(s):  
HERBERT L. NEEDLEMAN ◽  
RICHARD J. JACKSON
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Lead Toxicity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
The Past

Clinical pediatric practice has not kept pace with the explosive growth in scientific understanding of lead poisoning during the past decade. The report by Glotzer and Bauchner in this issue1 demonstrates the widely differing approaches to treatment of lead toxicity found at many centers. Primary prevention of lead poisoning, the most effective response, continues at a pedestrian pace, even though in the United States we now possess both the knowledge and means to eradicate the disease permanently. Our understanding of lead's role in human health has changed profoundly during the past five decades. In that period, pediatricians have discarded the

scholarly journals LEAD POISONING IN IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (7) ◽  
pp. 1156-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Eisenberg ◽  
Edwin van Wijngaarden
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Children

scholarly journals Lead Poisoning in the United States

1929 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-634
Author(s):  
Carey P. McCord ◽  
Dorothy K. Minster ◽  
Robert Kehoe
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
The United States

Explaining Lead Poisoning among Refugee Children: The Role of the Resettlement Process

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia M. Abdulrahman ◽  
Sarah B. Horton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
The United States ◽  
Case Managers ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Development Studies

United States children living in poorly maintained housing built before 1978 are at particular risk of lead poisoning, which harms their physical and cognitive development. Studies have shown that although refugee children may have been exposed to lead in their homelands, some experienced increased blood lead (BPb) levels after their resettlement in the United States. This study provides an insider's account of the resettlement process from the perspectives of case managers to explain why refugee children are at higher risk of being placed in substandard housing and of consequently being exposed to lead. We examine the productivity demands, financial pressures, and time constraints that case managers face and how the demands of their supervisors and resettlement agency funders may redirect their priorities away from protecting refugees' health. We conclude with recommendations to reduce the pressures on case managers and lessen the burden of lead poisoning among refugee children.

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