%0 Journal Article %T Epidemiologic study of lead contamination of children of occupationally exposed parents %+ Direction Départementale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales (DDASS) %A Laforest, L. %A Annino, M. C. %A Alluard, A. %A Precausta, D. %A Wiele, F., van Den %A Albouy, J. %A Jehanno, F. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0398-7620 %J Epidemiology and Public Health = Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique %I Elsevier Masson %V 47 %N 5 %P 433--441 %8 1999-10 %D 1999 %M 10587994 %K Female %K Humans %K Male %K Adult %K Questionnaires %K Child %K Logistic Models %K Cross-Sectional Studies %K Air Pollutants %K Occupational %K Occupational Diseases %K Infant %K Lead %K Lead Poisoning %K Occupations %K Parents %K Preschool %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologieJournal articles %X BACKGROUND: As part of the screening of infantile saturnism in France, a cross sectional study has been conducted among 125 children with professionally lead exposed parents, working in two plants, both located at the edge of a rural village. The aim of this study was to seek a lead contamination of these children by their own parents, who may bring back home after work lead particles on their clothes, hair or skin. METHODS: These children were compared for blood lead levels by logistic regression to a reference group made of forty seven nursery school children, in these villages, without any lead exposed parents. Blood lead levels (\\textless or \\textgreater or = 70 micrograms/l) were performed for both children group and compared by logistic regression. Moreover parent's blood lead levels (\\textless or = or \\textgreater 400 micrograms/l) and lead air concentrations measured at their own working places (\\textless or = or \\textgreater 100 micrograms/m3, available from occupational health services) were also compared to their children blood lead levels. RESULTS: Blood lead levels in the "exposed group" were significantly higher than in the control group (OR = 9.9 [3.6-27.3]), all the more so as there were several exposed people in children home. In the exposed group, children blood lead levels were both correlated with parents blood lead levels (OR = 8.3 [2.9-24.0]) and lead air concentration measured at their working places (OR = 4.2 [1.6-10.9]). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest a lead contamination of children by their exposed parents, which made it necessary to strengthen individual and collective lead prevention measures in both plants. %G English %L hal-01839012 %U https://univ-lyon1.hal.science/hal-01839012 %~ UNIV-LYON1 %~ SANTE_PUB_INSERM %~ UDL