title: Blood lead levels in Dunedin 11 year old children.
abstract: Blood lead levels were determined for 579 eleven year old children. The range of blood lead levels was from 0.19 to 2.41 mumol/l with a geometric mean of 0.49 mumol/l (geometric SD 0.07) and an arithmetic mean of 0.54 mumol/l (arithmetic SD 0.24). Two children had levels above 1.45 mumol/l. There was no significant correlation between blood lead levels and socio-economic status. Ten children with elevated blood lead levels (greater than 1.11 mumol/l) were reassessed and the results from all but one child had returned to a lower level. In nine out of ten of these cases recent inside paint stripping activities had been carried out in the child's home.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Faed
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D010150:Paint; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D007854:Lead