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Participants' knowledge about lead exposure in Ibadan, Nigeria 2004 |
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Less Common Responses |
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| What comes to your mind when you hear the word lead? What do you think it is? |
• Lead is a metal • Lead is used for soldering • Lead is a mineral resource |
• Lead is used to make cooking pots • Lead is used to write • It is mixed with local soap for bathing • Lead is used to make batteries • Lead is poisonous |
| Where can lead be found? What do you think it is? |
• It can be found in battery(automobile and domestic) |
• Lead is pencil • Lead is a heavy metal • It can be found in cosmetics • It can be found in soil • It can be found in pencils • It can be found in the quarries • It can be found with welders • It can be found in electric stove and cookers • It can be found in fuel • It can be found in cooking pots • It can be found in chemical products • It can be found in local herbs |
| What risks do you think is associated with exposure to lead? |
• It is poisonous • It can cause cancer |
• It is dangerous to health • It can shorten life span • It can cause asthma • It can cause cough • It affects the eyes • It affects the chest |
| What do you think of when you hear the word lead poisoning? |
• Death • Harm • Danger to health |
• Disability • Lumps, burns and cancer • Blindness • Apollo • Retards physical growth • Reduces children's intelligence |
| Where do you think we can be exposed to lead? |
• Fuel • Pipe borne water • Pencil • |
• Soil • Plates • Tinned food • Bathing soap • Exhaust from industries |
| What other words have similar meaning to lead? |
• Metals |
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| What benefits can we derive from lead? |
• Used to manufacture car battery |
• To make electrical accessories • Tinkering |
| Are there any reasons why we might not be concerned about lead in our environment? |
• Ignorance |
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| Where can we get information about lead? |
• Battery manufacturers • Welders • Battery Repairers |
• Internet • Villages • Libraries |
Adebamowo et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:82 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-82 |
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