Review Article

Lead Exposure: A Summary of Global Studies and the Need for New Studies from Saudi Arabia

Table 2

Studies that estimated lead levels in Saudi Arabia.

ReferencesLead levelsPercentage of subjects

Al-Saleh 1995 [24]5–10 g/dL23.3
Al-Saleh et al. 1995 [25]10–20 g/dL15.7
Younes et al. 1995 [21]0.318–2.5 g/dL81% of nursing mothers from environmental lead exposure
Al-Saleh et al. 1999 [23]>20 g/dL11.4