Blood Lead Level Estimates for Low| and Middle|Income Countries

Blood lead levels in low-income and middle-income countries

632 million children (95% CI 394 million–780 million; 48·5%) were estimated to have a blood lead level exceeding the US Centers for Disease Control's reference ...

Blood Lead Level Estimates for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Background BLLs could be pooled and were used to estimate background BLL distributions for 1·28 billion children in 34 countries. Of these, 631 ...

Blood lead levels in low-income and middle-income countries

632 million children (95% CI 394 million-780 million; 48·5%) were estimated to have a blood lead level exceeding the US Centers for Disease Control's reference ...

A Systematic Review of Blood Lead Levels in Low - ScienceDirect.com

... lead exposure. 56 remains substantial or is increasing in some low- and middle-income countries. 57. (LMICs). However, few studies have recently attempted to ...

Global health burden and cost of lead exposure in children and adults

GBD 2019 estimated mean blood lead levels in 183 LMICs and high-income countries for the year 2019,.

Why the World Needs Better Tools to Measure Lead Exposure

The headline statistic on global lead poisoning shocks the conscience: one in three children globally has elevated blood lead levels above 5 ...

The Toxic Truth Report - Pure Earth and UNICEF

Childhood lead exposure is estimated to cost lower- and middle-income countries almost USD $1 trillion due to lost economic potential of these children over ...

Lead Pollution - Our World in Data

Lead poisoning is estimated to account for about 1% of the global disease burden.

Global lead exposure greater CVD risk factor than smoking ... - Healio

World Bank data suggest lead exposure in 2019 alone was attributable to more than 5.5 million CVD deaths and the loss of 765 million IQ ...

Frontiers | “Blood lead level among battery factory workers in low ...

The overall pooled estimate of the mean blood lead level among battery factory workers in low and middle-income countries was 37.996 μg/dl (95% ...

Global lead exposure report - Rethink Priorities

Valuing a DALY at $50,000 puts the annual health costs from lead exposure at $1.1 trillion. You can explore a map of the country-level estimates ...

Estimating the burden of diseases attributable to lead exposure in ...

A study demonestrated that the ability of decision making was impaired in individuals with blood lead level up to 40 μg/dL [11]. Besides, the ...

A third of the world's children poisoned by lead, new ... - UNICEF

The report, the first of its kind, says that around 1 in 3 children – up to 800 million globally – have blood lead levels at or above 5 ...

Blood Lead Level Estimates for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Request PDF | On Oct 26, 2020, B. Ericson and others published Blood Lead Level Estimates for Low- and Middle-Income Countries | Find, read and cite all the ...

Advancing Knowledge to Reduce Lead Exposure of Children in ...

; Taylor, M. P. Blood lead levels in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Lancet Planetary Health 2021, 5 (3), e145 ...

Lead Poisoning: Impacts and Sources - Pure Earth

90% of children with high lead levels are in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The global cost of lead exposure is estimated to be between US$977 ...

Lead Exposure Might Cause More Deaths, IQ Loss Than Expected

... countries' blood lead level estimates. Image description not available. Low- and middle-income countries combined bore up to 95% of the losses.

Time to Get Serious About Measuring Childhood Lead Poisoning

This means that they have blood-lead levels exceeding 5 micrograms per deciliter, a common reference level for lead exposure that requires ...

(PDF) Blood lead levels in low-income and middle-income countries

632 million children (95% CI 394 million–780 million; 48·5%) were estimated to have a blood lead level exceeding the US Centers for Disease ...

Economic Costs of Childhood Lead Exposure in Low- & Middle ...

This map reflects the results of research by New York University that estimates the economic costs linked to childhood lead exposure in low- and middle-income ...