The Global Burden of Lead Toxicity Attributable to Informal Used Lead-Acid Battery Sites

The Global Burden of Lead Toxicity Attributable to Informal Used Lead-Acid Battery Sites

<p>Background</p><p>Prior calculations of the burden of disease from environmental lead exposure in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not included estimates of the burden from lead-contaminated sites because of a lack of exposure data, resulting in an underestimation of...

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Main Authors: Bret Ericson, Phillip Landrigan, Mark Patrick Taylor, Joseph Frostad, Jack Caravanos
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Ubiquity Press 2017
Subjects:
informal economy
lead poisoning
low- and middle-income countries
soil pollution
disability adjusted life years
recycling
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/41f863c0595f456cab6c3a82b5ab1c86
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