Secondhand tobacco smoke: A source of lead exposure in US children and adolescents

A. Apostolou, E. Garcia-Esquinas, J.J. Fadrowski, P. McLain, V.M. Weaver and A. Navas-Acien

American Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 102, issue 4, 714-722

Abstract: Objectives. We evaluated the relationship between secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure and blood lead levels in US children and adolescents. Methods. We analyzed data from 6830 participants aged 3-19 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004) who were not active smokers and for whom SHS exposure information and blood lead measurements were available. Results. After multivariable adjustment, participants in the highest quartile of serum cotinine (≥0.44 μg/L) had 28% (95% confidence interval=21%, 36%) higher blood lead levels than had those in the lowest quartile (

Date: 2012
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