Lead Poisoning in Children of Lead Workers
- 3 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 296 (5) , 260-261
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197702032960507
Abstract
Children may be exposed through various mechanisms to toxins of industrial origin. Contamination of the home environment by soiled work clothing is an important mechanism of such exposure and has been associated with the development of mesothelioma,1 berylliosis2 and chloracne3 , 4 in workers' families. In the outbreak of symptomatic lead poisoning in the children of lead workers described below, the apparent vehicle of exposure was lead dust carried home on work clothing.MethodsDuring December, 1975, and January, 1976, after an investigation of occupational lead poisoning at a secondary lead smelter in Memphis, Tennessee,5 91 children and 12 wives of current . . .This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Lead Analysis of House Dust: A Method for the Detection of Another Source of Lead Exposure in Inner City ChildrenEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 1974
- HALOWAX ACNE ("CABLE RASH")Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology, 1943