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Article

The Risk Factors of Child Lead Poisoning in China: A Meta-Analysis

by
You Li
,
Jian Qin
,
Xiao Wei
,
Chunhong Li
,
Jian Wang
,
Meiyu Jiang
,
Xue Liang
,
Tianlong Xia
and
Zhiyong Zhang
*
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Shuangyong Road No.22, Nanning 530021, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13(3), 296; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13030296
Submission received: 24 November 2015 / Revised: 26 February 2016 / Accepted: 1 March 2016 / Published: 8 March 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lead: Risk Assessment and Health Effects)
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Abstract

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Background: To investigate the risk factors of child lead poisoning in China. Methods: A document retrieval was performed using MeSH (Medical subject heading terms) and key words. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of the studies, and the pooled odd ratios with a 95% confidence interval were used to identify the risk factors. We employed Review Manager 5.2 and Stata 10.0 to analyze the data. Heterogeneity was assessed by both the Chi-square and I2 tests, and publication bias was evaluated using a funnel plot and Egger’s test. Results: Thirty-four articles reporting 13,587 lead-poisoned children met the inclusion criteria. Unhealthy lifestyle and behaviors, environmental pollution around the home and potential for parents’ occupational exposure to lead were risk factors of child lead poisoning in the pooled analyses. Our assessments yielded no severe publication biases. Conclusions: Seventeen risk factors are associated with child lead poisoning, which can be used to identify high-risk children. Health education and promotion campaigns should be designed in order to minimize or prevent child lead poisoning in China.

1. Introduction

Lead has been impacting human health since the Romans began mining it over 2500 years ago [1]. Lead widely exists in the environment and can pollute the food chain, soil, water and air, leading to human diseases [2]. Lead exposure likely impairs motor function [3], and negatively impacts intellectual development, hemoglobin formation and childhood growth [4]. Many human activities such as home painting; smoking; using leaded petrol; eating foods contaminated with lead like popcorn, canned food and preserved eggs; drinking from leaded water pipes; smelting; and especially industry manufacturing processes are associated with lead exposure [5]. Children, who are still growing, are more likely to be sensitive to the harmful effects of lead [6]. The diagnostic criteria for child lead poisoning have been revised in some developed countries [7,8]. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. recommend a reference level of five micrograms per deciliter to identify children with blood lead levels. However, we used the recommendation (10 μg/dL) in the light of included studies of our meta-analysis.
Though the number of child lead poisoning cases has decreased during recent decades in some countries [9,10], lead poisoning still remains an important public health issue for tens of millions of children in the world, especially in developing countries [11,12,13], including China.
Although numerous studies have identified the risk factors of child lead poisoning, inconsistency has been presented for different risk factors among various study populations. On account of the increasing importance of the identification of high-risk children, this meta-analysis was conducted with the objective of investigating the overall risk factors of child lead poisoning in China.

2. Methods

2.1. Literature Selection

Two reviewers independently identified relevant studies published in English and Chinese from January 1980 to October 2015 by searching the following electronic databases: PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Science Citation Index, Chinese biomedical literature database (CBM), Wangfang database, VIP database and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). The following keywords were used: ((lead OR Pb or blood lead OR lead poisoning) AND (children) AND (risk factors OR influence factors) AND (China)). These studies were included in this meta-analysis if: (1) blood lead level was up to 100 μg/L (or more than 10 μg/dL or 4.83 μmol/L) for lead poisoning; (2) there were sufficient data to calculate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI); (3) the study followed a case-control or cohort design; (4) at least one risk factor was identified as being associated with lead poisoning; and (5) the full text was available. Studies were excluded if: (1) they did not comply with the requirements listed above; (2) did not study the relevant research population group or its studied populations had overlaps; (3) had incomplete information or abnormal data; or (4) were themselves reviews. The discrepancies were resolved by discussion.

2.2. Data Extraction

Data were extracted from each included study by two reviewers, separately. The following data were recorded: (1) name of the first author; (2) year of publication; (3) numbers in case and control groups; (4) name of journal; and (5) the study site. Additional information was extracted when required.

2.3. Quality Assessment

The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for case-control study was used to evaluate the quality of our studies [14]. The criteria included three categories: (1) selection (4 items); (2) comparability (1 item); and (3) exposure for case-control study (2 items). A study was awarded a maximum of one star for each item, with the exception of comparability for which two stars were given. Articles with more than seven stars were considered to be of a high quality; those with four to six stars were considered as moderate quality studies; and of a poor quality if they had fewer than four stars.

2.4. Statistical Analysis

The statistical analysis was conducted using Review Manager 5.2 (Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, UK) and Stata version 10.0 (Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA). The results were reported as pooled odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI). A two-sided p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The heterogeneity of the included studies was evaluated using the Cochran’s Q test and the I2 test [15]. I2 is the proportion of total variation attributable to between-study heterogeneity as opposed to random error or chance, and I2 values of 25%, 50% and 75% are considered to indicate low, moderate, and high heterogeneity, respectively. Commonly, we selected a random-effects model to calculate corresponding parameters when the I2 value was more than 50%. Otherwise, a fixed-effects model was used. A funnel plot (Review Manager 5.2) and Egger’s test [16] (Stata 10.0) were used to assess publication bias—the statistical publication bias was set at p < 0.10. The funnel plot and Egger’s test were not used to analyze publication bias when less than 5 studies were available [17]. For these data, we checked the outlier studies and analyzed the reasons for the abnormal values.

3. Results

3.1. Identification of Selected Studies

A total of 1153 articles were obtained from the online databases. Five hundred and forty-nine studies were excluded because they were reviews, duplicates or irrelevant studies, and 604 studies were retained. However, 570 of them lacked the necessary data, a control group or normal data, so they were excluded. Eventually, 34 papers [18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51] were entered into the final meta-analysis, as shown in Figure 1. Of these, 12 articles earned eight stars, 15 others obtained seven stars, and the remaining seven papers were awarded six stars. Hence, the included studies were of a relatively high quality.

3.2. Study Characteristics

Thirty-four studies from January 1980 to October 2015 with 13,587 lead-poisoning cases were enrolled. The basic characteristics of these studies are summarized in Table 1.

3.3. Assessment of Heterogeneity

Heterogeneities were discovered in the distribution for the between-study variance of these factors: home painting; living near main roads; passive smoking; often eating foods containing lead; frequent consumption of dairy products; potential for father’s occupational exposure to lead; potential for mother’s occupational exposure to lead; sex; industry around the home; hand-to-mouth activity; living on the ground floor of a building; coal burning; daily intake of calcium, iron, and/or zinc supplements; mother’s educational level; father’s educational level; often not washing hands at key times; picky eating; and peeling walls in the living quarters. Therefore, we calculated the pooled OR values, using a random-effects model, and the results are listed in Table 2.

3.4. Risk Factors

The review identified 30 risk factors associated with child lead poisoning from the 34 studies. The ORs, along with their 95%CIs, of the risk factors are presented in Table 3. Of these, 12 factors were examined in only one or two studies, and the remaining 18 factors were included in three or more studies. We were then able to estimate the pooled ORs for these 18 factors. The results of the pooled analysis are displayed in Table 3. The forest plots for the risk factors are shown in Figure S1.

3.5. Publication Bias

We conducted the Egger’s test and funnel plots to evaluate potential publication bias. The results of the Egger’s test (shown in Table 4) suggested that the publication biases among all of the risk factors were not statistically significant (p > 0.10).The visual inspection of the funnel plots (Figure S2)—narrow tops and wide bottoms—indicated no significant asymmetry. Hence, our investigation indicated no severe publication biases.

4. Discussion

This research makes an attempt to sum up the findings concerning the risk factors for child lead poisoning in China during the last three decades. Thirty-four studies eventually met the study criteria and were included into our meta-analysis. Some of these risk factors were among different studies. The pooled analysis from our findings confirmed that children faced a lower likelihood of experiencing lead poisoning if they live home painting, take daily supplements of calcium, iron and zinc, have a father or mother of a higher educational level. Factors such as living near main roads, passive smoking, often eating foods containing lead, potential for parents’ occupational exposure to lead, sex, industry around the home, hand-to-mouth activity, often not washing hands at key times, picky eating, living on the ground floor of a building, coal burning and peeling walls in the living quarters were associated with an increased likelihood of being lead poisoned. Our findings are in line with those of a previous study in China [52]. Lead poisoning not only has a negative effect on the development of children’s intelligence and behavior, but it also leads to anemia and can even cause death [53]. The risks of lead poisoning are multifactorial; therefore, future study is needed in order to explore on how the risk factors interact with each other.

4.1. Home Painting and Peeling Walls

Lead-based paint is a well-established cause of lead poisoning among children. The most common lead materials are paint and coating used in home decorations. In our study the OR of home painting was less than 1, which meant that home painting showed a beneficial effect on children’s health. This may be due to the fact that Xiulan Ma [43], Huiyan Liu [35] and MeilinPeng’s [40] articles had a higher percentage of home painting in the control group than the lead-poisoning group. Whether leaded paint was used or not was not mentioned in those articles, so we could not analyze the data for home painting separately. Consequently, the meta-analysis requires more studies to verify home painting as a risk factor. Meanwhile, peeling walls contain lead, e.g., in the paint and/or pigment; thus, children are more likely to contact lead under such circumstances. Consequently, peeling walls is one of the risk factors for child lead poisoning.

4.2. Living Near Main Roads

Previous studies have consistently documented that the residential location near main traffic roads is a vital variable in the effect of traffic-related air pollution on health [54,55]. Although leaded gasoline has been banned for use in China since 1 July 2000, a small amount of lead can still be found in crude leaded oil and so it is also in gasoline. Due to the widespread use of leaded gasoline before, the lead from automobile exhaust was deposited in water, soil and in different species [56], and finally absorbed by children. Therefore, automobile exhaust is an important lead pollution source, especially in heavy-traffic populated areas [57]. Our findings revealed that living near main roads is a risk factor for child lead poisoning. Due to living near main roads children have more opportunities to contact lead, in the air they breathe and at the same time in the polluted foods by automobile exhaust they eat. Additionally, living near main roads is not only related to the occurrence of lead poisoning but also to allergic diseases [58].

4.3. Passive Smoking

China is the largest producer and consumer of tobacco globally. According to the data, over 350 million smokers [59], 740 million passive smokers and 180 million children under the age of 15 live in China [60,61]. While cigarettes contain heavy metals such as cadmium and lead, second-hand smoking exposure can increase the level of lead in child blood. A recent study found that parental smoking at home is associated with an elevated level of lead in the blood [62]. Moreover, second-hand smoke can cause the respiratory diseases like chronic cough or asthma in children [63,64]. The present study revealed that the children with lead poisoning were exposed to more passive smoking compared with the control children.

4.4. Often Eating Foods Containing Lead

Our meta-analysis showed that eating foods containing lead often is a risk factor for child lead poisoning (OR=2.99, 95%CI: 1.95, 4.59). Among the foods containing lead were popcorn, preserved eggs, fried potato chips, spoiled traditional Chinese moon cakes, canned food and seafood. As traditional popcorn machines in China are made from lead alloy and high temperature can release lead vapors, the lead levels in Chinese traditionally-made popcorn can be elevated.

4.5. Potential for Parents’ Occupational Exposure to Lead

Childhood family members of workers engaged in a lead-related occupation are considered to be at additional risk of child lead poisoning. Such parents tend to pay little or no attention to carrying lead dust from the workplace to their household.
Our investigation suggested that the parents’ occupational exposure to lead is a risk factor for lead poisoning among children.

4.6. Mother’s or Father’s Educational Levels

Parental educational levels have a great effect on the healthy growth of children [65]. Maternal or paternal educational level, for example, can indirectly affect the children’s blood lead concentration. We found that a mother (OR = 0.66, 95%CI: 0.63, 0.70) or father (OR = 0.54, 95%CI: 0.46, 0.63) with an educational attainment level above a high school degree was a protective factor against child lead poisoning. The higher the mother’s and/or father’s educational level, the more attention they tend to the healthy growth of children; hence, the chance of the children of such parents to contact lead is relatively smaller, and the incidence them suffering lead poisoning is lower than that of their counterparts.

4.7. Sex

The pooled analysis of 21 studies indicated that boys were more likely to develop lead poisoning than girls, which was in agreement with the findings of the majority of the included papers. Nevertheless, we did not analyze various ages as a risk factor because there were differences in the age segmentations between the papers.

4.8. Industry Around the Home

The pollution of lead mainly comes from the environment and often involves industrial smelting, manufacturing and other related industrial and mining enterprises.
The lead dust sediments on the ground in the form of granules or suspends in the air with gel. A number of industries, including those dealing with battery manufacturing, metal smelting, printing, mechanical manufacturing and shipbuilding are found in China. Thus, it is possible for the lead dust to contaminate local residents. The data show that industry around the home is a risk factor that can give rise to child lead poisoning.

4.9. Hand-to-Mouth Activity, Often Not Washing Hands at Key Times

Our findings indicated that hand-to-mouth activity and often not washing hands at key times are risk factors that can lead to child lead poisoning among children. These behaviors not only influence one’s health but also increase the burdens of both the family and the nation [66]. For example, not handwashing with soap at key times not only increase diarrheal disease and acute respiratory infection [67,68,69], but it may also lead to chronic lead poisoning. What is more, the behaviors developed during childhood can affect one’s health during both youth and adulthood. Thus, it is important to help children establish healthy lifestyles and behaviors before the unhealthy ones are firmly developed.

4.10. Picky Eating, Daily Intake of Calcium Iron Zinc Supplements

Picky eating among children is a public health issue in China. During childhood, children are rapidly growing and need more nutrients. Therefore, their dietary habits are critical to their physical development. Picky eaters often consume a small amount of food and may be prone to deficiencies in trace elements more easily, potentially impacting their childhood growth [70,71,72]. Furthermore, deficiencies in trace elements like zinc, iron, calcium, copper and so on in the diet could increase the absorption of lead [73,74].Evidence from our study showed that picky eating is a risk factor, and that the daily intake of calcium, iron, and zinc supplements is a protective factor against child lead poisoning. Therefore, it is important for parents to instruct their children to have a healthy diet.

4.11. Living on the Ground Floor of a Building

Living on the ground floor may facilitate the contact with lead dust and smoke. Lead floating in the air and in the soil can enter the living quarters of lower floors with more ease than those living on higher floors, which leads to the children of such families having a higher rate of lead poisoning occurrence. Our meta-analysis showed that living on the ground floor is a risk factor for child lead poisoning.

4.12. Coal Burning

The use of solid fuels is a significant public health concern. With the rapid economic expansion and industrial growth, demand for energy is increasing in China. It relies on coal for about 70%–75% of its energy needs [75]. The smoke of burning coal contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, fine particles, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, lead, and other harmful matter [76]. Coal burning can release lead and mercury and other heavy metals into the atmosphere [77,78,79]. Thus, in China, it has resulted in massive amounts of environmental pollution. Our results indicated that burning coal at home is a risk factor for child lead poisoning, so we should decrease the burning of coal at home in order to protect children’s health.

5. Conclusions

The evidence from this review indicates that 17 risk factors are associated with child lead poisoning in China, which can be used to identify high-risk children. Health education and promotion campaigns that aim to tackle challenges like correcting bad habits in children, paying attention to children’s personal hygiene and strengthening nutrition guidance should be designed and implemented in order to minimize or prevent the occurrence of lead poisoning among children in China.

Supplementary Materials

The following are available online at www.mdpi.com/www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/3/296/s1, Figure S1: Forest plots for risk factors of children’s lead poisoning.(a)home painting; (b) living near main roads; (c) passive smoking; (d) often eating foods containing lead; (e) frequent consumption of dairy products; (f) daily taking calcium, iron, zinc supplements; (g) potential for father's occupational exposure to lead; (h) potential for mother's occupational exposure to lead; (i) mother's educational level; (j) father's educational level; (k) sex; (l) industry around the home; (m) hand-to-mouth activity; (n) no often washing hands at key times; (o) picky eating; (p) living on the ground floor; (q) coal burning; (r) peeling walls. Figure S2. Funnel plots of risk factors for children’s lead poisoning. (a) home painting—living near main roads; (b) passive smoking—often eating foods containing lead; (c) frequent consumption of dairy products—potential for father's occupational exposure to lead; (d) potential for mother's occupational exposure to lead—father's educational level; (e) mother's educational level—sex; (f) industry around the home—hand-to-mouth activity; (g) no often washing hands at key times—picky eating; (h) living on the ground floor—coal burning.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Guangxi science and technology development project (14124005-2-11).

Author Contributions

You Li initiated the research topic. You Li, Jian Qin, Xiao Wei, Chunhong Li, Jian Wang, Meiyu Jiang, Xue Liang, Tianlong Xia, Zhiyong Zhang participated in the study design and the manuscript revision. All authors have approved the manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Flow chart of study selection.
Figure 1. Flow chart of study selection.
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Table 1. Basic characteristics of the studies in this meta-analysis.
Table 1. Basic characteristics of the studies in this meta-analysis.
No.Year of PublicationFirst AuthorJournalTotal Lead-Poisoning Cases (n)Total Controls (n)Research Site
12001Qi YeJournal of Huaihai Medicine991Lianyungang
22003Xizheng OuyangPractical Preventive Medicine301823Shaoyang
32003Xinxin ChenZhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi8071455Beijing
42004Qingrong ZhangMaternal and Child Health Care of China600412Guangzhou
52004Sun LiInt. J. Hyg. Environ. Health63154Zhejiang
62004Hongzhong ZhangHuazhong University of Science and Technology418120Zhuhai
72005Xiping MaStudiesof Trace Elements and Health316702Pingdingshan
82005Yan YiMaternal and Child Health Care of China6961Shiyan
92006Xiaozhen XiaoGuangdong Trace Elements Science41161Huizhou
102006Hong TianJ. Appl. Clin. Pediatr.459596Beijing
112006Aifang HuangZhejiang Prev. Med.320529Yuhuan
122006Bin HePractical Preventive Medicine871085Changsha
132006Shuang YangDalian Medical University30143Dalian
142006Sulin FuAnhui J. Prev. Med.92919Hefei
152006Xianxiang FengJournal of Youjiang Medical College For Nationalities7641187Liuzhou
162007Jiazheng XuChina Tropical Medicine2741997Haikou
172007Shuwei ZhangChina Tropical Medicine5231193Jining
182007Huiyan LiuHuazhong University of Science and Technology831518Wuhan
192008Xiaohua LiuJournal of Zhengzhou University(Medical Sciences)12027Xinxiang
202010Shiqiong WangJournal of Jianghan University (Natural Sciences)96197Wuhan
212010Ailan GouMaternal and Child Health Care of China158158Nanping
222011Guiping ChangJournal of Yangtze University (Natural Science Edition)42415Jingzhou
232011Jie ShanPrev. Med. Trib.2333990Weifang
242011Meilin PengChinese Journal of Child Health Care513343Hefei
252011Zangwen TanChin. J. Pediatr.529564,673China
262012Xiulan MaChinese Journal of Healthy Birth & Child Care1531357Lanzhou
272012Jianghong LiuPaediatr Perinat Epidemiol1051239Jintan
282013Yinyun LongJournal of Chinese Physician2395612Changde
292013Xiaofeng GaoMaternal and Child Health Care of China38263Tangshan
302014Shengliang SunChin. Med. J. Metall. Indus.101101Dalian
312014Pi GuoPloS ONE165658Shantou
322014Zhenyan GaoSuzhou University1791849Taizhou
332015Zhong ChenChinese Journal of Child Health Care5927590Wuhan
342015Ning JinChinese Journal of Modern Drug Application764236Shanxi
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Table 2. Results of heterogeneity test using random-effects and fixed-effects models.
Table 2. Results of heterogeneity test using random-effects and fixed-effects models.
Risk FactorsPaper Numberχ2pI2 (%)Meta Analytical Model
Home painting13100.75<0.0000188random
Living near main roads1277.72<0.0000186random
Passive smoking12103.17<0.0000189random
Often eating foods containing lead22581.00<0.0000196random
Frequent consumption of dairy products614.670.0166random
Daily intake of calcium, iron, and/or zinc supplements45.230.1643fixed
Potential for father’s occupational exposure to lead1697.60<0.000185random
Potential for mother’s occupational exposure to lead834.52<0.000180random
Mother’s educational level1112.950.2323fixed
Father’s educational level710.210.1241fixed
Sex2142.700.00253random
Industry around the home732.10<0.000181random
Hand-to-mouth activity1483.04<0.0000184random
Often not washing hands at key times1015.910.0743fixed
Picky eating77.520.2820fixed
Living on the ground floor9114.04<0.0000193random
Coal burning615.680.00868random
Peeling walls33.790.1547fixed
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Table 3. Meta-analysis of the risk factors for child lead poisoning in China.
Table 3. Meta-analysis of the risk factors for child lead poisoning in China.
Risk FactorsNumber of PapersTotal Lead-Poisoning Cases (n)Total Control Cases (n)OR (95% CI )Zp
Home painting13233799630.12 (0.05, 0.19)3.240.001
Living near main roads12244913,3582.22 (1.53, 3.22)4.22<0.0001
Passive smoking12220974762.10 (1.38, 3.20)3.460.0005
Often eating foods containing lead2210,32090,8752.99 (1.95, 4.59)5.03<0.00001
Frequent consumption of dairy products6651272,0470.84 (0.69, 1.01)1.880.06
Daily intake of calcium, iron, and/or zinc supplements4608374,2120.80 (0.74, 0.86)6.07<0.00001
Potential for father’s occupational exposure to lead16254915,4012.26 (1.62, 3.15)4.81<0.00001
Potential for mother’s occupational exposure to lead8135913,5661.53 (1.04, 2.26)2.150.03
Mother’s educational level11727376,4290.66 (0.63, 0.70)15.38<0.00001
Father’s educational level7153896400.54 (0.46, 0.63)7.84<0.00001
Sex21526323,5361.39 (1.24, 1.55)5.66<0.00001
Industry around the home7620370,2531.67 (1.25, 2.22)3.510.0005
Hand-to-mouth activity14732973,9581.68 (1.29, 2.17)3.91<0.0001
Often not washing hands at key times10648074,3301.22 (1.16, 1.29)7.09<0.00001
Picky eating7160143152.62 (2.15, 3.20)9.49<0.00001
Living on the ground floor9765882,2561.58 (1.14, 2.18)2.770.006
Coal burning6170510,5971.45 (1.04, 2.02)2.180.03
Peeling walls3565567,7291.17 (1.09, 1.25)4.55<0.00001
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Table 4. Publication bias of the risk factors for child lead poisoning in China.
Table 4. Publication bias of the risk factors for child lead poisoning in China.
Risk FactorsPaper NumberEgger’s Test (p-Value)
Home painting130.199
Living near main roads120.215
Passive smoking120.109
Often eating foods containing lead220.777
Frequent consumption of dairy products60.755
Potential for father’s occupational exposure to lead160.142
Potential for mother’s occupational exposure to lead80.111
Mother’s educational level110.135
Father’s educational level70.335
Sex210.834
Industry around the home70.310
Hand-to-mouth activity140.143
Often not washing hands at key times100.152
Picky eating70.229
Living on the ground floor90.372
Coal burning60.260

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