Blood Lead Levels and Potential Risk Factors for Lead Exposures Among South Asians in New York City

Paromita Hore; Munerah S. Ahmed; Slavenka Sedlar; Robert B. Saper; Deborah Nagin; Nancy Clark

doi:10.1007/s10903-016-0403-5

Blood Lead Levels and Potential Risk Factors for Lead Exposures Among South Asians in New York City

Paromita Hore, Munerah S. Ahmed, Slavenka Sedlar, Robert B. Saper, Deborah Nagin, Nancy Clark

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New York City’s South Asian children and pregnant women have a disproportionate burden of elevated blood lead levels. This study is the first to investigate blood lead levels and risk factors for lead exposures among South Asian New Yorkers. A survey and a finger-stick blood lead test using a portable analyzer were administered to 230 South Asian adults and children. Blood lead levels of 5 µg/dL or higher were found in 20 % of the adults and 15 % of the children, as compared to 5 % of adults and 2.5 % of children citywide. Factors associated with elevated blood lead levels were recent repair work at home, not speaking English, Bangladeshi or Indian ethnicity, and occupational risk factors. Public health professional should be aware that South Asians may be at an increased risk for elevated blood lead levels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1322-1329
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume	19
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0403-5
State	Published - 1 Dec 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biomonitoring
Ethnic disparities
Lead poisoning
Risk assessment
South Asian

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Blood Lead Levels and Potential Risk Factors for Lead Exposures Among South Asians in New York City

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