The Influence of Declining Air Lead Levels on Blood Lead-Air Lead Slope Factors in Children

This presentation describes calculation of blood lead-air lead slope factor within an analysis of the relationship between blood lead levels and air lead levels among participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The slope factors are compared with slope factors studies in the literature.

Impact/Purpose

Understanding how blood lead levels relate to air lead is very relevant to interpretation of the air lead data on health effects related to lead exposure, because most epidemiology studies use blood lead levels for exposure metrics.

Citation

RICHMOND-BRYANT, J., Q. Meng, J. DAVIS, J. Cohen, D. J. SVENDSGAARD, JAMES S. BROWN, L. Tuttle, H. Hubbard, J. RICE, E. KIRRANE, L. VINIKOOR-IMLER, D. J. KOTCHMAR, E. P. HINES, AND MARY ROSS. The Influence of Declining Air Lead Levels on Blood Lead-Air Lead Slope Factors in Children. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC754-760, (2014).

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