Childhood Lead Poisoning in the '90s
| Autor: | S, Piomelli |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 93:508-510 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| Popis: | Lead is an extremely toxic metal: even a single atom of lead, once in the human body, binds to a protein and induces some damage; the greater the exposure, the more serious the effects. Lead has no physiological function; any amount of body lead reflects environmental pollution.1 In the 1990s, in the United States, is lead poisoning a devastating environmental threat to our children or is childhood lead poisoning a threat of the past? Probably neither of these statements is correct. It may be worthwhile to look at the current situation in detail. In the 1970s, before efforts were made to reduce environmental lead, common effects in children of the widespread environmental contamination with lead were encephalopathy and even death. |
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