Cross‐sectional epidemiological study on the lead burden of children and workers in Greece
| Autor: | A. Hatzakis, Th. Eikmann, G. Papanagiotou, C. Konteye, H. J. Einbrodt, W. Makropoulos |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Population Lead smelting Industrial pollution Pollution Environmental health Lead exposure Epidemiology Environmental Chemistry Medicine Blood lead level business Lead (electronics) education |
| Zdroj: | Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry. 31:467-477 |
| ISSN: | 1029-0486 0277-2248 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02772249109357722 |
| Popis: | Exposure of the general population to lead in the environment is mainly caused by motor traffic exhaust and by industrial pollution. The aim of the study in Greece was to assess lead exposure in children living in point source impacted areas (Lavrion and Aspropyrgos‐Eleusis) using the biological monitoring parameter “blood lead concentration”;. In addition, workers of a lead smelter, a battery plant and an oil refinery were investigated in these areas at the same time. Five hundred and thirty‐four children and 105 workers took part in this investigation. The highest blood lead levels (mean: 24.16 μg/100ml; range: 10.40–60.49 μg/100 ml) were found in children living in a 500m‐area around the lead smelter at Lavrion. Blood lead decreases corresponded to the increasing distance from the emitter. Nevertheless the values of children living in a 1500 m distance to the smelter are significantly higher than those of children living next to other kinds of industrial lead sources. The mean values of the children li... |
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