Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Volume 22 Issue 1 Serial No. 25
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- Pages.125-135
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- 1989
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- 1975-8375(pISSN)
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- 2233-4521(eISSN)
Hair Heavy Metal Contents in Mentally Retarded Children I - In Association with Lead -
정신지체아 두발 중 중금속 함량 I - 납과의 관련성 -
- Kim, Doo-Hie (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Kim, Ock-Bae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Chang, Bong-Ki (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
- Published : 1989.03.01
Abstract
This paper was carried out to study on correlation between mentally retardation and lead and zinc. The subjects were 297 mentally retarded children: 132 of Bomyung special school and Sunmyung, which were located in Taegu city of Korea. The former had their parents but the latter had not. The control group 63 children were randomly seleted from the Dong-in primary school near to Medical School of Kyungpook National University. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer, model IL-551 connected with CTF atomizer(IL. 655) was used for the analysis of lead and zinc. The mean value of lead in hair of mentally retarded children was
정신지체아 발생의 환경인자로서의 납의 영향을 관찰하기 위하여 인제조직내의 축적된 납과 아연의 함량과 정신장애 정도와의 상관성을 보았다. 대상은 정신지체아 교육기관 2곳의 계 297명을 택하였다(부모가 있는 군 132명, 없는 군 165명). 대조군은 시내 모 국민학교에 정상적으로 수업을 받는 63명을 심의로 선택하였다. 재료는 대상자의 후두부의 모발을 채취하여 원자흡광분광광도계로 분석하였다. 두발중 납의 평균함량은 정신지체아에서
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