Adult Blood Lead Testing: A Pivotal Role for Labs in Interpretation and Surveillance

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• Personal Author:
  Hipkins K ; Kosnett M ; Materna B ; Meister R ; Ottlinger M ; Roscoe, Robert J. ; Zumwalde, Ralph D.
• Description:
  Accounts of adult lead poisoning are among the oldest and best known in the toxicological literature. Dr. Alice Hamilton, a pioneer in the area of occupational illnesses, described lead as one of the oldest industrial poisons, dating back to ancient Roman times (1). Today, however, it is children and not adults who are usually the focus of lead toxicology, because research has shown that their developing central nervous systems are more susceptible to the ill effects of lead. Nevertheless, attempts to reduce blood lead levels (BLLs) among adults should not be overlooked as an important public health priority - especially in the occupational setting. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Lead Lead Poisoning Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Blood-poisoning Central-nervous-system Lead-poisoning Occupational-health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Colorado ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  12-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022195
• Citation:
  Clin Lab News 2002 Jun; :12-14
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Clinical Laboratory News
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b65d031ae11ecc56a188f39426941e8f4333716b3c2ecc631ef3c2cf972f71f28257b2aed154142a1555f033e56405c55351c226251d1bde9914109c488fa79b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199062/cdc_199062_DS1.pdf
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