58
Views
45
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Lead Bioavailability in the Environment of Children: Blood Lead Levels in Children Can Be Elevated in a Mining Community

, , , , &
Pages 326-331 | Received 27 Sep 1993, Published online: 03 Aug 2010

References

  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 1988a . The nature and extent of lead poisoning in children in the U.S. a report to Congress
  • Bornschein , R. L. , Clark , C. S. , Grote , J. , Peace , B. , Roda , S. and Succop , P. 1989 . Soil lead-blood lead relationships in a former lead mining town . Environ Geochem Health , 9 : 149 – 60 .
  • Colorado Department of Health . 1990 . (jointly with the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) , Denver, CO : Division of Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology, Colorado Department of Health . Leadville metals exposure study: final report
  • Steele , M. J. , Beck , B. D. , Murphy , B. L. and Strauss , H. S. 1990 . Assessing the contribution from lead in mining wastes to blood lead . Reg Toxic Pharm , 11 : 158 – 90 .
  • Woodward-Clyde Consultants. 1993 . Trends in children's blood lead levels and sources of environmental lead exposures Report for ASARCO Leadville, Colorado, Project No. 22909K
  • Mushak , P. 1991 . Gastro-intestinal absorption of lead in children and adults: overview of biological and biophysico- chemical aspects . Chem Spec Bioavail , 3 : 87 – 104 .
  • 1993 . NSW Government lead issues paper 57
  • Gulson , B. L. , Mizon , K. J. , Law , A. J. , Korsch , M. J. , Davis , J. J. and Howarth , D. 1993 . Sources and pathways of lead in humans from the Broken Hill mining community CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience Open File Report No. 415R
  • Duggan , M. J. and Inskip , M. J. 1985 . Childhood exposure to lead in surface dust and soil: a community health problem . Public Health Rev , 13 : 1 – 54 .
  • Davis , A. , Ruby , M. V. and Bergstrom , P. D. 1992 . Bioavailability of arsenic and lead in soils from the Butte, Montana, mining district . Environ Sci Technol , 26 : 461 – 68 .
  • Ruby , M. V. , Davis , A. , Kempten , J. H. , Drexler , J. W. and Berstrom , P. D. 1992 . Lead bioavailability: dissolution kinetics under simulated gastric conditions . Environ Sci Technol , 26 : 1242 – 48 .
  • Duggan , M. J. and Williams , S. 1977 . Lead in city streets . Sci Total Environ , 7 : 91 – 97 .
  • Harrison , R. M. 1979 . Toxic metals in street and household dusts . Sci Total Environ , 11 : 89 – 97 .
  • Research Triangle Institute. 1991 . Studies of chemical disposition in animals Project Report No. 14; Contract No. N01-ES-65137
  • Weis , C. P. and LaVelle , J. M. 1991 . Characteristics to consider when choosing an animal model for the study of lead bioavailability . Chem Spec Bioavail , 3 : 113 – 19 .
  • Barltrop , D. , Strehlow , C. D. , Thorton , I. and Webb , J. S. 1974 . Significance of high soil lead concentrations for childhood lead burdens . Environ Health Perspect , 7 : 75 – 82 .
  • Cotter-Howells , J. and Thornton , I. 1991 . Sources and pathways of environmental lead to children in a Derbyshire mining village . Environ Geochem Health , 13 : 127 – 35 .
  • Heyworth , F. , Spickett , J. , Dick , M. , Margetts , B. and Armstrong , B. 1981 . Tailings from a lead mine and lead levels in school children: a preliminary report . Med J Aust , 2 : 232 – 34 .
  • Moffat , W. E. 1989 . Blood lead determinants of a population living in a former lead mining area in southern Scotland . Environ Geochem Health , 11 : 3 – 9 .
  • Gulson , B. L. , Mizon , K. J. , Law , A. J. , Korsch , M. J. , Howarth , D. and Davis , J. J. in press . Source of lead in humans from a lead mining community . Envir Geochem Health ,
  • de Silva , P. E. 1990 . Assessment of health risk to residents of contaminated sites , Melbourne, , Australia : AMCOSH Occupational Health Services report to Gas and Fuel Corporation .
  • van Wijnen , J. H. , Clausing , P. and Brunekreef , B. 1990 . Estimated soil ingestion by children . Environ Res , 51 : 147 – 62 .
  • Clark , S. , Bornschein , R. , Succop , P. , Peace , B. , Ryan , J. and Kochanowski , A. 1989 . The Cincinnati soil-lead abatement demonstration project . Environ Geochem Health , 9 : 287 – 300 .
  • Chisolm , J. J. 1989 . Interrelationships among lead in paint, housedust and soil in childhood lead poisoning: the Baltimore experience . Environ Geochem Health , 9 : 185 – 94 .
  • Clevenger , T. E. , Salwan , C. and Koirtyohann , S. R. 1991 . Lead speciation of particles on air filters collected in the vicinity of a lead smelter . Environ Sci Technol , 25 : 1128 – 33 .
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. March 1989 . Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for lead: exposure analysis methodology and validation: chapter 5 , March , Research Triangle Park, NC : Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards . OAQPS Staff Report

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.