Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xnRbVk. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Lead pollution is a substantial problem in developing countries such as India. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has defined an elevated blood lead level in children as>=10 mug/dl, on the basis of neurologic toxicity. The US Environmental Protection Agency suggests a threshold lead level of 20-40 mug/dl for risk of childhood anemia, but there is little information relating lead levels=10-19.9 mug/dl and 97 (9%) had levels>20 mug/dl. After adjustment for child's age, duration of breastfeeding, standard of living, parent's education, father's occupation, maternal anemia, and number of children in the immediate family, children with lead levels>10 mug/dl were 1.3 (95% confidence interval : 1.0,1.7) times as likely to have moderate anemia as children with lead levels
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