Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance—United States, 2002

CDC's state-based Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) program tracks laboratory-reported blood lead levels (BLLs) in adults. Roscoe and Graydon present ABLES data for 2002, the first year that individual rather than summary date were collected. The 2002 data indicate that app...

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 292; no. 10; pp. 1169 - 1171
Main Authors Roscoe, R J, Graydon, J R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Medical Association 08.09.2004
Subjects
Blood
Disease
Epidemiology
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Summary:CDC's state-based Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) program tracks laboratory-reported blood lead levels (BLLs) in adults. Roscoe and Graydon present ABLES data for 2002, the first year that individual rather than summary date were collected. The 2002 data indicate that approximately 95% of adult lead exposures were occupational, 94% of those exposed were male, and 91% were aged 25-64 years. A CDC editorial note is included.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.292.10.1169