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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816507403321

Autore

Fewtrell Lorna

Titolo

Lead : assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels / / Lorna Fewtrell, Rachel Kaufmann, Annette Pruss-Ustun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Geneva], : World Health Organization, 2003

ISBN

1-280-06058-1

9786610060580

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (73 p.)

Collana

Environmental burden of disease series ; ; no. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

KaufmannRachel

Pruss-UstunAnnette

Soggetti

Lead poisoning

Lead - Risk assessment

Lead - Toxicology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Affiliations and acknowledgements -- Summary -- 1. Background -- 2. Sources of lead and exposure pathways -- 3. Lead toxicity -- 4. Exposure-risk relationships -- 5. Exposure assessment -- 6. Estimating the disease burden -- 7. Uncertainties -- 8. Research needs and recommendations -- 9. Disease burden and policy -- References -- Annex 1 Country groupings for global assessment -- Annex 2 Measuring blood lead -- References -- Annex 3 Using exposure scenarios to inform policy actions -- References -- Annex 4 Estimating the global disease burden of environmental lead exposure -- References -- Annex 5 Calculation spreadsheet for lead.