Global health burden and cost of lead exposure in children and adults: a health impact and economic modelling analysis

Summary: Background: Lead exposure is a worldwide health risk despite substantial declines in blood lead levels following the leaded gasoline phase-out. For the first time, to our knowledge, we aimed to estimate the global burden and cost of intelligence quotient (IQ) loss and cardiovascular diseas...

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Main Authors: Bjorn Larsen, MBA, Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519623001663