The Global Burden of Lead Toxicity Attributable to Informal Used Lead-Acid Battery Sites

• Main Authors: Bret Ericson (Author), Phillip Landrigan (Author), Mark Patrick Taylor (Author), Joseph Frostad (Author), Jack Caravanos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Background</p><p>Prior calculations of the burden of disease from environmental lead exposure in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not included estimates of the burden from lead-contaminated sites because of a lack of exposure data, resulting in an underestimation of...