Blood lead levels and death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: results from the NHANES III mortality study.(Research) From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Schober, Susan E.; Mirel, Lisa B.; Graubard, Barry I.; Brody, Debra J.; Flegal, Katherine M. | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

BACKGROUND: Analyses of mortality data for participants examined in 1976-1980 in the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II) suggested an increased risk of mortality at blood lead levels > 20 [micro]g/dL. Blood lead levels have decreased markedly since the late 1970s. In NHANES III, conducted during 1988-1994, few adults had levels > 20 [micro]g/dL.

OBJECTIVE: Our objective in this study was to determine the risk of mortality in relation to lo...