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- Title
Blood Lead Levels and Potential Risk Factors for Lead Exposures Among South Asians in New York City.
- Authors
Hore, Paromita; Ahmed, Munerah; Sedlar, Slavenka; Saper, Robert; Nagin, Deborah; Clark, Nancy
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; INDIA; PAKISTAN; NEW York (State); LEAD poisoning -- Risk factors; RISK factors of environmental exposure; ANALYSIS of variance; ASIANS; CONFIDENCE intervals; LEAD; PROBABILITY theory; RACE; RESEARCH funding; RISK assessment; SURVEYS; T-test (Statistics); HOUSEKEEPING; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; MULTIPLE regression analysis; COMMUNICATION barriers; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2017, Vol 19, Issue 6, p1322
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-016-0403-5