The Health Effects of Low Level Exposure to Lead

Needleman, Herbert L.; Bellinger, David C.

doi:10.1146/annurev.pu.12.050191.000551

Cited by 258 publications

(83 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Intensity of exposure to lead (Needleman & Bellinger, 1991) provides an example of a definite dose-response relationship. Needleman and Bellinger (1991) divided dentine lead levels into six classes, from less than 5.1 parts per million to more than 27 parts per million, and showed a highly significant effect of dose on teachers' ratings of children's functioning on a wide range of intellectual and behavioral tasks.…”

Section: Mental Health Problem Detection and Preventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Needleman and Bellinger (1991) divided dentine lead levels into six classes, from less than 5.1 parts per million to more than 27 parts per million, and showed a highly significant effect of dose on teachers' ratings of children's functioning on a wide range of intellectual and behavioral tasks. Another aspect of intensity is the number of different risk factors to which a child is exposed (Seifer, Sameroff, Baldwin, & Balwin, 1989).…”

Section: Mental Health Problem Detection and Preventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mandated screening for hearing and visual deficits is another example. Programs that affect whole communities, such as the removal of lead from the environment, have effects on both behavioral and cognitive development (Needleman & Bellinger, 1991).…”

Section: Universal Prevention and The Service Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Early Detection and Prevention of Mental Health Problems: Developmental Epidemiology and Systems of Support

Costello

2016

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Mental Health Problem Detection and Preventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mental Health Problem Detection and Preventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Early Detection and Prevention of Mental Health Problems: Developmental Epidemiology and Systems of Support

Costello

2016

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Children's exposure to toxic compounds is an important focus of modern exposure science (Needleman and Landrigan, 1981;NRC, 1993). Studies that have measured chemical metabolites in children's urine have been important contributions to risk assessment and policy (Loewenherz et al, 1997;Adgate et al, 2001).…”

Section: Biomonitoring Of Children and Para-occupational Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

For good measure: Origins and prospects of exposure science (2007 Wesolowski Award Lecture)

Fenske

2010

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Measurement is the foundation of exposure science. Associations between illness and environmental agents have been observed for millennia, but the ability to quantify exposure and dose has been possible only in the last century. Improved means of measurement and refined concepts of who, what, when, where, and why to measure have been the seminal contributions of exposure science to the study of disease causation and prevention. This paper examines critical advancements in exposure assessment associated with workplace health and safety, and the groundbreaking work of the US Public Health Service. Many of the key concepts of modern exposure science have their origin in these early studies. Occupational hygiene scientists have conducted receptor-based exposure analyses for more than 80 years, evaluating indoor air, defining microenvironments, and developing personal sampling techniques. Biological monitoring of community populations including children, dermal exposure monitoring, duplicate diet studies, and multipathway, aggregate exposure assessments can be traced to early public health studies. As we look to the future, we see that new technologies and techniques are expanding the scope of exposure science dramatically. We need to ensure that the highest of scientific standards are maintained, make a greater effort to include occupational hygiene scientists, microbiologists, and behavioral scientists in the field, and promote new sources of training and research support. Exposure science has a critical role to play in the prevention strategy that is central to public health.

show abstract

“…Lead is excreted mainly through urine and faeces. Environmental lead exposure is particularly toxic to children and may cause adverse effects on the central nervous system as well as on the renal function (Needleman and Bellinger, 1991;Bernard et al, 1995). The concentration of lead in blood is the most commonly used biological marker of lead exposure (WHO, 1995).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using environmental concentrations of cadmium and lead to assess human exposure and dose

Hellström

Järup

Persson

et al. 2004

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Health Effects of Low Level Exposure to Lead

Cited by 258 publications

References 56 publications

Early Detection and Prevention of Mental Health Problems: Developmental Epidemiology and Systems of Support

Early Detection and Prevention of Mental Health Problems: Developmental Epidemiology and Systems of Support

For good measure: Origins and prospects of exposure science (2007 Wesolowski Award Lecture)

Using environmental concentrations of cadmium and lead to assess human exposure and dose

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About