A tale of two swaths: Urban childhood blood-lead levels across Syracuse, New York
A tale of two swaths: Urban childhood blood-lead levels across Syracuse, New York
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10.1111/0004-5608.00116
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1998-12-01
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Johnson, DL
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Griffith, DA;Doyle, PG;Johnson, DL
越来越多的研究记录了儿童铅中毒的各种突出和重要的地理维度。本文利用1992-1995年Onondaga县卫生局数据库和1990年人口和住房普查数据，分析了纽约锡拉丘兹血铅水平的空间分布。分析是在个人，人口普查区，人口普查区组和人口普查区的决议。无论地理分辨率如何，儿童血铅水平都包含正的空间自相关，在地图上可以看到两个明显的条带。在明显支持一些以前的研究，平均住房价值被发现是血铅水平的主要预测因素;人口密度也是如此。本文的主要结论是，干预策略应侧重于城市的老和贫困社区和少数群体的住房，并应解决住房质量和维护的做法，以及土壤污染的问题。
A growing body of research documents various prominent and important geographic dimensions to pediatric lead poisoning. This paper uses the Onondaga County Health Department database for 1992-1995 and the 1990 Census of Population and Housing data to analyze the spatial distribution of blood-lead levels in Syracuse, New York. Analyses are conducted at the individual, census block, census block group, and census tract resolutions. Regardless of geographic resolution, pediatric blood-lead levels contain positive spatial autocorrelation, with two conspicuous swaths being visible on maps. In apparent support of some previous research, average housing value is found to be a principal predictor of blood-lead levels; so is population density. The primary conclusion of the paper is that intervention strategies should focus on the old and poor neighborhoods of the city and ones housing minority groups, and should address issues of housing quality and maintenance practices, as well as soil contamination.