Pamela A. Meyer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
17 Papers
121 Citations
Pamela A. Meyer is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Blood lead level. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 17 publications.
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Papers
A global approach to childhood lead poisoning prevention
TL;DR: Successful efforts will need to incorporate epidemiologic methods, source identification, enforced regulations, and a long-term government commitment to eliminating lead as a threat to the next generation of children.
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Characteristics of adults dying with COPD.
TL;DR: Factors such as a history of asthma and being underweight are associated with COPD mortality and may provide additional opportunities for intervention.
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Risk factors associated with clinic visits during the 1999 forest fires near the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, California, USA
TL;DR: Daily PM10 levels in 1999 were significant predictors for patients seeking care for asthma, coronary artery disease and headache and for respiratory illness among residents of Hoopa and those of nearby communities.
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Blood lead levels and risk factors for lead poisoning in children and caregivers in Chuuk State, Micronesia.
Lisa M. Brown,Dennis Y. Kim,Anamaria Yomai,Pamela A. Meyer,Gary Noonan,D L Huff,W.D. Flanders +6 more
TL;DR: The association of elevated BLLs in children and their caregiver suggests a common environmental exposure in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, and melting batteries to make fishing sinkers is a preventable source of lead exposure.
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Screening for Lead Poisoning: A Geospatial Approach to Determine Testing of Children in At-Risk Neighborhoods
Ambarish Vaidyanathan,Forrest Staley,Jeffrey D. Shire,Subrahmanyam Muthukumar,Chinaro Kennedy,Pamela A. Meyer,Mary Jean Brown +6 more
TL;DR: This neighborhood spatial approach provided smaller geographic areas to assign risk and assess testing in a city that has a high prevalence of risk factors for lead exposure and testing was significantly associated with WIC status but not with old housing.
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