title: Chronic lead exposure: a problem for minority workers.
abstract: 1. Despite regulatory and case identification efforts, lead exposure continues to pose a major health problem for minority workers. 2. Minority workers are overrepresented in lead industries such as lead smelting, lead storage batteries, lead pigment production and pottery. 3. Preliminary data from recently instituted lead registries in California and Texas suggest that minority workers continue to be overexposed to lead. 4. A federal policy that strengthens enforcement of the OSHA lead standard is needed to reduce lead exposure among minority workers.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Alexander
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008913:Minority Groups; D009314:National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
chemical_list: D007854:Lead