Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance – United States, 2002

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Graydon, Janet R. ; Roscoe, Robert J.
• Description:
  CDC's state-based Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) program tracks laboratory-reported blood lead levels (BLLs) in adults. A national health objective for 2010 is to reduce to zero the number of adults with BLLs >25 ug/dL (objective no. 20-07) (1). A second key ABLES measurement is BLLs >40 µg/dL, the level under which the Occupational Safety and Health Administration allows workers to return to work after being removed with an elevated BLL, and the level under which an annual medical evaluation of health effects related to lead exposure is required (2,3). The most recent ABLES report provided data collected during 1994--2001 (4). This report presents ABLES data for 2002, the first year that individual rather than summary data were collected. The 2002 data indicate that approximately 95% of adult lead exposures were occupational, 94% of those exposed were male, and 91% were aged 25--64 years. The findings also indicated that the national decline in the number of adults with elevated BLLs continued in 2002; however, even greater prevention activities, particularly in work environments, will be necessary to achieve the 2010 health objective. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Lead Lead Poisoning Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical Processes Lead Absorption Lead Poisoning Medical Examinations Occupational Exposure Surveillance Programs
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  26
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025064
• Citation:
  MMWR 2004 Jul; 53(26):578, 580-582
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182989/cdc_182989_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 146.79 KB ]