- Author
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Urban, W. D.
- Title
- Statistical Analysis of Blood Lead Levels of Children Surveyed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Analytical Methodology and Summary Results. Final Report. FY 75.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 76-1024
April 1976
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Contract
- IAA-H-35-75
- Keywords
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children; blood analysis; lead poisoning; surveys; methodologies; toxic diseases; statistical analysis; residential buildings; objectives; contamination; pennsylvania
- Identifiers
- pittsburgh (pennsylvania); lead paint poisoning; appendices
- Abstract
- A survey was conducted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to estimate the incidence of lead paint in housing and to develop a survey methodology that could be used in other metropolitan communities for that purpose. A secondary objective of the survey was to determine whether a causal relationship could be found between blood lead levels of children aged 7 years or less, living in the surveyed dwellings and the presence of lead paint in those dwellings. This report deals with the latter objective. For the children tested in Pittsburgh, the incidence of elevated blood lead levels defined as 40 micrograms of lead per 100 milliliters of blood or greater, was found to be less than 1%, too low to permit the establishment of a causal relationship. There was a significant correlation between the blood lead levels of the children living in the older homes and the fraction of contaminated surfaces within the dwellings. In addition, there was a significant correlation between the blood lead levels and the age of the dwellings in which the children resided.