Blood lead levels of contemporary Japanese children

Table 3 Comparison of blood Pb levels of children

	Number of samples	Year of sampling	Age (years)	Geometric mean BPb μg/dL	Reference
Japan	352	2005–2010	1–14	1.07	This study
Canada	910	2008–2009	6–11	0.90	[16]
USA	968	2005–2006	1–5	1.43	[17]
USA	934	2005–2006	6–11	1.02	[17]
Germany	1,560	2003–2006	3–14	1.63	[18]
Korea	667	2008	8–11	1.9^a	[19]
South Africa	429	2002–2003	5–11	6.4^a	[20]
China	94,778	2000–	0–14	8.07^a	[21]
India	754	2002	<12	8.36	[22]

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