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Latest Publications and Research on Lead Poisoning

BMC Public Health      

More Guidelines than states: variations in U.S. lead screening and management guidance and impacts on shareable CDS development.

Michel JJ, Erinoff E, Tsou AY

Pediatric lead exposure in the United States (U.S.) remains a preventable public health crisis. Shareable electronic clinical decision support (CDS) c ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Chemosphere      

Current trends of blood lead levels, distribution patterns and exposure variations among household members in Kabwe, Zambia.

Yabe J, Nakayama SM, Nakata H, Toyomaki H, Yohannes YB, Muzandu K, Kataba A, Zyambo G, Hiwatari M, Narita D, Yamada D, Hangoma P, Munyinda NS, Mufune T, Ikenaka Y, Choongo K, Ishizuka M

Childhood lead (Pb) poisoning has devastating effects on neurodevelopment and causes overt clinical signs including convulsions and coma. Health effec ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Dev Reprod      

Development of Species-Specific PCR Primers for the Rapid and Simultaneous Identification of the Six Species of Genus Takifugu.

Dong CM, Park YJ, Noh JK, Noh ES, An CM, Kang JH, Park JY, Kim EM

Pufferfish (Takifugu spp.) are economically important edible marine fish. Mistakes in pufferfish classification can lead to poisoning; therefore, accu ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Arch Argent Pediatr      

[Heavy metals in the enviroment: Guillain-Barre like syndrome].

Gaioli GM, González DE, Areny G, Grela M, Amoedo D

Guillain-Barré syndrome is an entity of diverse etiology, characterized by acute, symmetric, ascending and progressive muscle weakness, being one of t ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Chemosphere      

Factors associated with lead (Pb) exposure on dogs around a Pb mining area, Kabwe, Zambia.

Toyomaki H, Yabe J, Nakayama SMM, Yohannes YB, Muzandu K, Liazambi A, Ikenaka Y, Kuritani T, Nakagawa M, Ishizuka M

Lead (Pb)-poisoning is a serious public health concern and dogs have been useful as a sentinel-animal for Pb exposure of humans. In the present study, ... Read More

Source: PubMed

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