CrossScreening (version 0.1.1)

lead: Lead in children

Description

Morton et al. (1982) compared the levelsof lead in the blo od of 33 children wh ose fathers worked in afactory w here lead was used in the manufacture of batteriesto 33 lead levels in ma tched control ch ild ren of the sam e agefrom the same neighborhood. The variables are as follows:

Usage

data(lead)

Arguments

Format

A data.frame.

Details

control
lead levels (ug/dl)
level
father's potential exposure
hyg
hygine of father employed in the lead industry

References

Morton, D. E., Saah, A. J., Silberg, S. L., Owens, W. L., ROBERTS, M. A., & Saah, M. D. (1982). Lead absorption in children of employees in a lead-related industry. American Journal of Epidemiology, 115(4), 549-555.