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:English
Published: Levy Library Press 2017-03-01
Series:Annals of Global Health
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Online Access:https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/231