Some characteristics and correlates of blood lead in early childhood: preliminary results from the Port Pirie study
Conference
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· Environ. Res.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6177375
In 1979 the recruiting of pregnant women for a prospective study of pregnancy outcome and early childhood growth and development was commenced in the South Australian town of Port Pirie. The Port Pirie community has been exposed over many years to an accumulation of lead and other heavy metals, because of the operation of Australia's largest lead smelter on the immediate periphery of the town. The basic aim of the study was to relate early childhood growth and development to cumulative lead exposure. Other specific aims included studying the relationship between childhood lead burden and various behavioral, dietary, socioeconomic, and environmental factors thought likely to influence lead exposure. This paper relates, in a simple cross-sectional manner, the observed blood lead concentrations at 6, 15, and 24 months to the supplementary information obtained by questionnaire and interview with the mother at the times the blood samples were taken. The relationship between blood lead concentration and free erythrocyte protoporphyrin (FeP) at each age is also examined. 12 references, 1 figure, 2 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization, Adelaide, South Australia
- OSTI ID:
- 6177375
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Environ. Res.; (United States) Journal Volume: 38:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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560306* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Man-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGE GROUPS
AUSTRALASIA
AUSTRALIA
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BODY BURDEN
BODY FLUIDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHILDREN
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
CORRELATIONS
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DIET
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
GROWTH
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LEAD
MATERIALS
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PIGMENTS
PORPHYRINS
PREGNANCY
PROTOPORPHYRINS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SMELTERS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SURVEYS
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGE GROUPS
AUSTRALASIA
AUSTRALIA
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BODY BURDEN
BODY FLUIDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHILDREN
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
CORRELATIONS
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DIET
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
GROWTH
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LEAD
MATERIALS
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PIGMENTS
PORPHYRINS
PREGNANCY
PROTOPORPHYRINS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SMELTERS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SURVEYS