title: Blood Lead Levels and Potential Risk Factors for Lead Exposures Among South Asians in New York City.
abstract: New York City's South Asian children and pregnant women have a disproportionate burden of elevated blood lead levels. This study is the first to investigate blood lead levels and risk factors for lead exposures among South Asian New Yorkers. A survey and a finger-stick blood lead test using a portable analyzer were administered to 230 South Asian adults and children. Blood lead levels of 5 µg/dL or higher were found in 20 % of the adults and 15 % of the children, as compared to 5 % of adults and 2.5 % of children citywide. Factors associated with elevated blood lead levels were recent repair work at home, not speaking English, Bangladeshi or Indian ethnicity, and occupational risk factors. Public health professional should be aware that South Asians may be at an increased risk for elevated blood lead levels.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth Street, CN34C, New York, NY, USA. phore@health.nyc.gov.
authors.forename: Paromita
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3512-4559
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hore
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth Street, CN34C, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Munerah S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth Street, CN34C, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Slavenka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sedlar
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Saper
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth Street, CN34C, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nagin
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth Street, CN34C, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001211:Asia, Western / Q000208:ethnology; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D007854:Lead
keywords: Biomonitoring; Ethnic disparities; Lead poisoning; Risk assessment; South Asian