Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3864
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorCharalambous, Andreas-
dc.contributor.authorDemoliou, Katie-
dc.contributor.authorMendez, Marco A L-
dc.contributor.authorCoye, Robert B.-
dc.contributor.authorSolorzano, Giovanni-
dc.contributor.authorPapanastasiou, Elena C.-
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-17T06:34:52Zen
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-17T09:30:02Z-
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-09T09:45:54Z-
dc.date.available2009-12-17T06:34:52Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-17T09:30:02Z-
dc.date.available2015-12-09T09:45:54Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationPan American Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 47-50en_US
dc.identifier.issn16805348-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3864-
dc.description.abstractObjectives. The objectives of this pilot study were to determine the blood lead levels in children in Belize and to try to relate these findings to demographic variables. Methods. With permission from parents, capillary blood was collected from the fingers of 164 children with an age range of 2 to 8 years, living and attending school in the spring of 2002 in four towns: Belize City, San Pedro, Orange Walk, and Benque Viejo. The sample represents 0.4% of all children in Belize in that age range. Lead levels were analyzed by the method of anodic stripping voltammetry using the ESA LeadCare analyzer. Results. The mean blood lead level for the children in the sample was 4.94 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL) with a standard deviation of 2.46. However, 11 children (7%) had blood lead in the range of 10.1-13.8 μg/dL, which is the level of concern according to guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children living in the large urban centers of Belize City and Orange Walk town had higher lead levels (mean 5.80 and 5.74 μg/dL) than children living in the smaller towns of Benque Viejo and San Pedro (mean 4.17 and 4.63 μg/dL). There were no statistically significant differences between male and female children. Conclusions. These data indicate that children in Belize are being exposed to lead and suggest that this pilot study be followed up with a comprehensive study with a larger sample and correlation of the findings to socioeconomic characteristics, to children's behavior, and to the home and school environment.en_US
dc.formatpdfen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPan American Journal of Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectLeaden_US
dc.subjectMass screeningen_US
dc.subjectBelizeen_US
dc.titleScreening for lead exposure in children in Belizeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationUniversity of Nicosiaen_US
dc.subject.categoryHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.journalsOpen Accessen_US
dc.reviewpeer reviewed-
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.subject.fieldMedical and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S1020-49892009000100007en_US
dc.dept.handle123456789/118en
dc.relation.issue1en_US
dc.relation.volume25en_US
cut.common.academicyear2009-2010en_US
dc.identifier.spage47en_US
dc.identifier.epage50en_US
item.grantfulltextopen-
item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501-
item.fulltextWith Fulltext-
item.languageiso639-1en-
item.cerifentitytypePublications-
item.openairetypearticle-
crisitem.journal.journalissn1680-5348-
crisitem.journal.publisherOrganización Panamericana de la Salud-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Nursing-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-4050-031X-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Health Sciences-
Appears in Collections:Άρθρα/Articles
Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat
en.pdfFulltext75.01 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
CORE Recommender
Show simple item record

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

4
checked on Nov 9, 2023

WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations

4
Last Week
0
Last month
0
checked on Oct 29, 2023

Page view(s)

478
Last Week
0
Last month
4
checked on Dec 23, 2024

Download(s) 20

164
checked on Dec 23, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons