Cross-Sectional Analysis of Blood Lead Level of Entire Korean Lead Workers
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Cross-sectional analysis of blood lead level of entire Korean lead workers.
We analyzed blood lead (PbB) level from the 2003 health surveillance results of 13,043 lead workers from 1,217 total lead industries to evaluate lead intoxication at low level in Korea. Geometric mean of PbB was 6.08 microg/dl and 56.6% and 7.9% of total lead workers had PbB level over than 5 microg/dl and 25 microg/dl, respectively. Male showed relatively higher PbB level compared to women, bu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Industrial Health
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0019-8366,1880-8026
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.318