Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Volume 28 Issue 2 Serial No. 50
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- Pages.406-420
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- 1995
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- 1975-8375(pISSN)
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- 2233-4521(eISSN)
A Study on the Manganese Exposure and Health Hazard among Manganese Manufacturing Woman Workers
망간취급 여성근로자의 망간폭로 및 건강위해에 관한 연구
- Lim, Hyun-Sul (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
- Kim, Ji-Yong (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
- Cheong, Hae-Kwan (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
- Cheong, Hoe-Kyung (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University)
- 임현술 (동국대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 김지용 (동국대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 정해관 (동국대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 정회경 (동국대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
- Published : 1995.06.01
Abstract
To study the health hazards and exposure status of manganese among female manganese workers, authors conducted airborne, blood and urine manganese concentration measurements, questionnaire and neurological examinations on 80 manganese-handling productive female workers(exposed group) in a manganese manufacturing facto in Pohang city and 127 productive female workers not handling manganese(control group) in other factories in the Pohang city. The results are; 1. Geometric mean concentrations of manganese in air and urine were