Blood lead levels in Queensland children

Rathus, E. Mannie; Latham, Simon; Golding, Gary; Rowan, Carmel L.

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb124305.x

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“…Other large community-based studies in Europe'>" and the United States":" have also indicated a peak in mean Pb-B at 2 to 3 years of age; two smaller studies in Australia have shown that the mean Pb-B is approximately 30070 higher in pre-school age children than in those of primary school age. 15,16 However, those studies were based on cross-sectional surveys and age differences could therefore reflect a differential impact of secular trends in lead exposure upon successive birth cohorts. Nevertheless, the consistency of the observation suggests that it arises from some actual age-dependent variation in either exposure or uptake.…”

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“…Other serological studies also indicate that dentists may be at a special risk of acquiring hepatitis B infection. In the Newcastle study, in New South Wales, 15.7070 of dentists had evidence of previous hepatitis B infection, which was a significantly higher proportion than that of control subjects (blood donors, 2.5070).3 Serological markers of previous hepatitis B infection were found in 16.2070 of dentists in the United Dental Hospital of Sydney.' Preliminary results of a survey in the Royal Dental Hospital, Melbourne, indicate similar findings.…”

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The Port Pirie Cohort Study: Blood lead concentrations in early childhood

McMichael

Baghurst

Robertson

et al. 1985

Medical Journal of Australia

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A cohort of over 600 children who were born between 1979 and 1982 and accounted for the great majority of all births in Port Pirie, South Australia, and its immediate environs, underwent capillary blood sampling at the ages of 6 months, 15 months, 2 years, and annually thereafter. The mean blood lead concentration (Pb‐B) initially rose markedly, peaked at 2 years of age, and subsequently declined gradually at 3 and 4 years of age. No differences in Pb‐B were observed between girls and boys. Secular trends in Pb‐B at the age of 2 years that were observed in blood samples taken over the 1981‐1984 period suggest that both the drought of 1982 and changes in community behaviour may have accounted for some of the age‐related variation. The Pb‐B was associated positively with surface soil lead concentrations, with a two‐fold variation in mean Pb‐B between residential zones within Port Pirie. Pb‐B was higher in summer than in winter months at the ages of 6 and 15 months, but not at older ages. These findings suggest that lead in dust influences strongly blood lead concentrations in early childhood.

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The Port Pirie Cohort Study: Blood lead concentrations in early childhood

McMichael

Baghurst

Robertson

et al. 1985

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…17,18 The importance of removing environmental risks is highlighted by Figure 3. 2,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] In Australia, lead levels in petrol were lowered in the early 1980s and further reduced in the 1990s. A number of studies indicate that blood lead levels have reduced markedly in the broader Australian community since the late 1970s.…”

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“…A number of studies indicate that blood lead levels have reduced markedly in the broader Australian community since the late 1970s. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] While these studies were crosssectional and did not include a remediation assessment component, they provide a benchmark for blood lead levels in young children living outside of point source communities.…”

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Managing environmental lead in Broken Hill: a public health success

Boreland¹,

Lesjak²,

Lyle³

2008

NSW Public Health Bull.

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For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him" is an apt description of many health programs, in that while everyone benefits, those who have least need of the program tend to benefit most, and those who need the program most, often do not benefit at all. 1 This paper, however, describes the outcomes of a program for which this has not been the case. We describe the trend for locality to have a reduced impact on blood lead levels of young children living in Broken Hill, New South Wales (NSW), first observed in 2002. 2 Lead has been mined in Broken Hill since 1884. Lead poisoning was evident among the early miners and their families, but was seen as mainly an occupational health problem. 3

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Lead: Petrol lead in the environment and its contribution to human blood lead levels

Fergusson

1986

Science of The Total Environment

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Blood lead levels in Queensland children

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The Port Pirie Cohort Study: Blood lead concentrations in early childhood

The Port Pirie Cohort Study: Blood lead concentrations in early childhood

Managing environmental lead in Broken Hill: a public health success

Lead: Petrol lead in the environment and its contribution to human blood lead levels

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