Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance – United States, Second Quarter, 1996

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Ball, Wayne ; Falken, Myron C. ; Gergely, Rita M. ; Gerwel, Barbara T. ; Gostin, Judith E. ; Hawkes, A. ; Jung, B. C. ; Kaufman, J. ; Keyvan-Larijani, Ezatollah ; Lehnherr, M. ; Lofgren, J. P. ; Marino, R. ; Migliozzi, Adeline A. ; Payne, Susan F. ; Rabin, Richard A. ; Randolph, Susan ; Rhoades, E. ; Sandoval, A. ; Schaller, Kristina E. ; Schnitzer, Patricia ; Scoblic, M. ; Stone, Robert R. ; Thistle-Elliott, L. ; Tierney, Jeanette M. ; Toof, L.
• Description:
  Data from the Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance program of the Centers for Disease Control NIOSH study for the second quarter of 1996 were reported. During April through June of 1996 there were 6,305 reports of blood lead levels exceeding 25 micrograms/deciliter, representing a 7% decrease from the same quarter in 1994. Compared with first two quarters of 1995, the number of reports of blood lead levels exceeding 25 micrograms/deciliter in 1996 decreased 9%. The cumulative number of reports in 1996 decreased at each reporting level compared with 1995 data. This overall trend of decreasing reports is consistent with the first quarter report of 1996. An editorial note suggests that the variation in national quarterly reporting totals may result from changes in the number of participating states, timing of receipt of laboratory blood lead level reports by state based surveillance programs, and interstate differences in worker blood lead level testing by lead using industries. The findings still document the continuing hazard of work related lead exposures as an occupational health problem in the United States. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Hematologic Tests Lead Lead Poisoning Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Biological-monitoring Blood-analysis Lead-poisoning NIOSH-Author Occupational-medicine Risk-factors
• 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:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  42
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00240945
• Citation:
  MMWR 1996 Oct; 45(42):919-920
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:89e50a359fafef7c33fc652dac644b4c9fcc11803d8fa83f3a2f330532251449f0cb54865307de0aca2a848fb52a18a09fbe5a8bfc25461596ebce5ac4ad89a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183003/cdc_183003_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 86.49 KB ]