Blood Lead Concentration and Working Memory Ability on Malay Primary School Children in Urban and Rural Area, Malacca

• Main Authors: Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Adilah Marzuki, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Khamisah Awang Lukman
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24936/1/Blood%20Lead%20Concentration%20and%20Working%20Memory%20Ability%20on%20Malay%20Primary%20School%20Children%20in%20Urban%20and%20Rural%20Area%2C%20Malacca.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24936/7/BLOOD%20LEAD%20CONCENTRATION%20AND%20WORKING%20MEMORY%20ABILITY%20ON%20MALAY%20PRIMARY%20SCHOOL%20CHILDREN%20IN%20URBAN%20AND%20RURAL%20AREA%2C%20MALACCA%20%201.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24936/; https://doi.org/10.26480/asm.01.2017.04.07

The most lead concentrations in the environment come from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, mining and manufacturing. Once lead enters into environment, it does not break down, but lead compounds were changed by sunlight, air and water. The main target for lead toxicity is nervous syste...