Adult lead exposure: time for change

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• Personal Author:
  Hu H ; Schwartz BS
• Description:
  We have assembled this mini-monograph on adult lead exposure to provide guidance to clinicians and public health professionals, to summarize recent thinking on lead biomarkers and their relevance to epidemiologic research, and to review two key lead-related outcomes, namely, cardiovascular and cognitive. The lead standards of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration are woefully out of date given the growing evidence of the health effects of lead at levels of exposure previously thought to be safe, particularly newly recognized persistent or progressive effects of cumulative dose. The growing body of scientific evidence suggests that occupational standards should limit recent dose to prevent the acute effects of lead and separately limit cumulative dose to prevent the chronic effects of lead. We hope this mini-monograph will motivate renewed discussion of ways to protect lead-exposed adults in the United States and around the world. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomarkers Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Lead Lead Poisoning Men Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Adults Biomarker Cumulative Dose Humans Lead Lead-absorption Lead-poisoning Lead Poisoning Occupational-exposure OSHA Regulations Tibia Bone Lead Toxic-effects U.S. Occupational Safety And Health Administration Worker Protection X-ray Fluorescence XRF

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• ISSN:
  0091-6765
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  451-454
• Volume:
  115
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037718
• Citation:
  Environ Health Perspect 2007 Mar; 115(3):451-454
• Contact Point Address:
  B.S. Schwartz, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St., Rm. W7041, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
• Email:
  bschwart@jhsph.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Health Perspectives
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:adf224b27b22c7b0e1969e5e73a701d0bb53111929345188283ab4146fd6e6057c8042ae4f70a65f8040f6b39290b83b63c4461a4f8676828d94ea63b5f0de77
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191708/cdc_191708_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 468.90 KB ]