National report of blood lead levels and lead-glazed ceramics use in vulnerable children

• Main Authors: Martha María Téllez-Rojo (Author), Luis F Bautista-Arredondo (Author), Belem Trejo-Valdivia (Author), Alejandra Cantoral (Author), Daniel Estrada-Sánchez (Author), Rubén Kraiem (Author), Ivan Pantic (Author), Antonio Rosa-Parra (Author), Luz María Gómez-Acosta (Author), Martín Romero-Martínez (Author), Lucía Cuevas-Nasu (Author), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author), Richard Fuller (Author), Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To estimate the prevalence of elevated (≥5.0μg / dL) blood lead levels (BLL) and its association with the use of lead glazed ceramics (LGC). Materials and methods. In 2018, we measured capillary BLL in a representative sample of children 1 to 4 years old residing in Mexican localities und...