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Blood Lead Level in Populations Resident in Some Abandoned Mine Area

충청북도 일부 폐광산 지역 주민의 만성 납 노출 정도 평가

  • Song, Sun-Ho (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Eom, Sang-Yong (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Dae (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Heon (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Hong, Jang-Soo (Department of Thoracic Surgery, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University)
  • 송선호 (충북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 엄상용 (충북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 김용대 (충북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 김헌 (충북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 홍장수 (충북대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실 및 의학연구소)
  • Received : 2010.01.15
  • Accepted : 2010.02.23
  • Published : 2010.04.30
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Abstract

Exposure to lead, particularly at chronic low-dose levels, is still a major public health concern. The present study is aimed to evaluate the blood lead levels in populations resident in some abandoned mine areas of Chungbuk, Korea. Eight hundreds and sixty-six subjects who reside in abandoned mine area located in Chungbuk, Korea, were enrolled this study. We evaluated the blood lead level according to the age, gender, and working history in mines. For statistical analysis, SPSS ver 12.0 was used. The geometric mean blood lead levels was $2.93\;{\mu}g/{\ell}$ and nobody showed levels over the guidelines of WHO. Ex-smokers and current-smokers showed significantly higher blood lead levels compared to that of non-smokers. The blood lead levels in individuals with a history of working in a mine was higher than those in individuals without such histories. The populations resident in some Chungbuk abadoned mine area showed low levels of lead in blood. This suggest that lead poisoning might not be induced by abandoned mine in Chungbuk, Korea.

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