Globally temporal transitions of blood lead levels of preschool children across countries of different categories of Human Development Index

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 659; pp. 1395 - 1402
• Main Authors: Hwang, Yaw-Huei, Hsiao, Chuhsing Kate, Lin, Pei-Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2019
• Subjects: blood; Blood lead; drinking water; gasoline; Globally temporal transition; human development; Human Development Index; humans; lead; Metal; Preschool children; regression analysis; United Nations; Globally temporal transition; Metal; Preschool children; Blood lead; Human Development Index

In the past decades, efforts to eliminate lead from gasoline, paint and drinking water around the world have substantially reduced human blood lead levels. This study was therefore aimed at examining the global temporal trends in the blood lead levels of preschool children by the category of UN Huma...