title: Lead exposure in US worksites: A literature review and development of an occupational lead exposure database from the published literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Retrospective exposure assessment of occupational lead exposure in population-based studies requires historical exposure information from many occupations and industries.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed published US exposure monitoring studies to identify lead measurement data. We developed an occupational lead exposure database from the 175 identified papers containing 1,111 sets of lead concentration summary statistics (21% area air, 47% personal air, 32% blood). We also extracted ancillary exposure-related information, including job, industry, task/location, year collected, sampling strategy, control measures in place, and sampling and analytical methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The measurements were published between 1940 and 2010 and represented 27 2-digit standardized industry classification codes. The majority of the measurements were related to lead-based paint work, joining or cutting metal using heat, primary and secondary metal manufacturing, and lead acid battery manufacturing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This database can be used in future statistical analyses to characterize differences in lead exposure across time, jobs, and industries.
authors.affiliation: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland.|Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, International St.Mary's Hospital, Catholic Kwandong University, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Hee
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, International St.Mary's Hospital, Catholic Kwandong University, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Locke
authors.affiliation: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland.|National Environmental Health Research Center, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland.
authors.forename: Mark P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Purdue
authors.affiliation: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland.
authors.forename: Melissa C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Friesen
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010150:Paint / Q000032:analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D007854:Lead
keywords: exposure assessment; lead; occupational exposure; population-based studies; review