Prenatal and postnatal effects of low-level lead exposure: Integrated summary of a report to the US congress on childhood lead poisoning

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Environmental Research; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0013-9351(89)80046-5· OSTI ID:6832600

Mushak, P ^[1]; Davis, M; Grant, L D ^[2]; Crocetti, A F ^[3]

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1. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA)
2. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
3. New York Medical College, Valhalla (USA)

This article provides an integrated summary of a report of Congress from the Federal government (ATSDR) on childhood lead poisoning in the United States, with particular reference to low-level lead exposure and its effects on the fetus and the preschool child. As mandated by Section 118(f)(1)(C) of the 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), ATSDR has examined the full spectrum of human in utero postnatal lead toxicity, with emphasis on low-level neurotoxicity and adverse impacts on growth indices in risk populations. Especially important has been assessment of the relative persistence of these effects in later life as discernible from a number of longitudinal studies now under way around the world. Include in the Congressional report were discussions of dose-effect and dose-response relationships using blood lead levels as the indicator of lead dose.

• OSTI ID: 6832600
• Journal Information: Environmental Research; (USA), Vol. 50:1; ISSN 0013-9351
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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