A community-initiated study of blood lead levels of Nicaraguan children living near a battery factory

C.M. Bonilla and E.A. Mauss

American Journal of Public Health, 1998, vol. 88, issue 12, 1843-1845

Abstract: Objectives. In response to requests by parents in Managua, Nicaragua, whose neighborhood borders a battery factory, 97 children were tested for blood lead, as were 30 children in a neighborhood without an obvious source of environmental lead. Methods. Venous blood was examined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Educational workshops were conducted. Results. Mean blood lead levels were 17.21 ± 9.92 μg/dL in the index children and 7.40 ± 5.37 μg/dL in the controls (P

Date: 1998
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