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Lead exposure in the city of Arar, Saudi Arabia
I Al-Saleh1, A Mustafa, L Dufour
1Biological and Medical Research Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Archives of Environmental Health
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
In follow-up to a case of lead encephalopathy, high prevalences of lead exposure (23%) and iron deficiency (60%) were found in children who lived in Arar, Saudi Arabia. Environmental factors had minor effects on the blood lead concentrations of these children. We concluded that traditional cosmetics and remedies were the major sources of lead exposure in this Arar population.