Lead in Australian children: report on the National survey of lead in children

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Release Date: 01 Oct 1996

Topic: Child protection

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (1996) Lead in Australian children: report on the National survey of lead in children, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 31 March 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (1996). Lead in Australian children: report on the National survey of lead in children. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Lead in Australian children: report on the National survey of lead in children. AIHW, 1996.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Lead in Australian children: report on the National survey of lead in children. Canberra: AIHW; 1996.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1996, Lead in Australian children: report on the National survey of lead in children, AIHW, Canberra.

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Reports on the findings of the National Survey of Lead in Children, which was conducted by the AIHW in February and March 1995. Its detailed statistical analysis examines the roles of the many factors associated with high blood lead levels in pre-school children.

ISBN: 978 0 642 24547 2
Cat. no: AIHW 151
Pages: 124

Acknowledgments
Introduction
- Aims of the survey
- Genesis of the survey
- Effect of lead on neurological development
- Sources of lead exposure in Australian children
- Overseas studies of exposure of children to lead
- Anticipated findings
Methods
- General outline
- Sampling
- Survey methods
- Equipment
- Laboratory analysis
- Statistical analysis
Results
- Response rates
- Blood lead levels in Australian children
- Single-variable analysis of factors affecting blood lead concentration
- Regression analyses
- Discussion
- Distribution of blood lead levels
- Future action
Appendix 1: Household Form
Appendix 2: Questionnaire
Appendix 3: Text of Prompt Cards
Appendix 4: Notes on children with high blood lead levels
Appendix 5: Details of sampling and estimation
- Classification of census districts
- Sample design constraints
- Sampling for the Labour Force Survey
- Selection of current survey sample
- Estimation
Appendix 6: Problems with the collection and transport of blood
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