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The Release of Lead During Pregancy of Women Exposed to Lead From a Primary Smelter in Northern Idaho
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
04/1996
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3920
Abstract
Research indicates that lead stored in the bones of women may be released during periods of high stress such as menopause, pregnancy, and long bone fractures. For over 100 years, the people living in the Silver Valley of Northern Idaho, especially within the area ofthe Bunker Hill Superfund Site, received long term, intense exposure to lead, cadmium, arsenic and zinc. This limited study evalutated the data of a subgroup of the Prenatal Lead Screening Program, of the Panhandle Health District to determe if lead was being released during pregnancy. The highest lead level found in the mothers was 4 Jlg/dL. The highest cord blood level in the newborn was 2 Jlg/dL. In comparing the data with various risk factors for lead poisoning, neither a significant release of lead, nor a correlation between risk factors and lead levels was found.
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- Title
- The Release of Lead During Pregancy of Women Exposed to Lead From a Primary Smelter in Northern Idaho
- Creators
- Kathleen M. Smith
- Contributors
- Joan Thiele (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590534201842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis