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Blood Lead Levels in Non-occupationally Exposed Individuals Contacting The Specialized Surgeries Hospital in 2008 | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 172, 2016, Pages 17-21 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sadoon Abdulazeez Alanee | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Lead has long been recognized as a harmful environmental pollutant. Apart from occupational exposures there are many ways in which humans are exposed to lead; through air, contaminated drinking water& food, deteriorating paint, and dust as it is used in paint, gasoline, water pipes, and many other products. So this study aimed to assess the mean blood lead level in non - occupationally exposed Iraqi individuals in order as a reflector of the degree of environmental pollution. The study could be regarded as a preliminary step in finding out the real magnitude of the problem. The study is a cross sectional study conducted during 2008 among selected people who proved not to be exposed to lead in occupational terms. They had been subjected to verbal inquiry and blood testing for lead. Subjects participated were 60 (43 males & 17 females) who were non - occupationally lead exposed individuals and attending the blood withdrawing unit preoperatively at The Specialized Surgeries hospital in Medical City in Baghdad. All of them were residing faraway from lead emitting plants. Collection of blood samples Blood Samples analysis done in The Poisoning Research Center. Blood lead level determination was carried out according to the procedure described in atomic absorption spectrophotometer manual model Buck scientific 220-GF. It has been found that the highest mean blood lead level was among the age group of 40-49 yrs (26.47 µg/dl). The mean blood lead level of the study group was (23.95 µg/dl) which is higher than the accepted level for environmental exposure (20 µg/dl). The mean blood lead level was higher in males 24.53 µg/dl in comparison with females 22.47 µg/dl. Environmental lead levels require regular monitoring of air lead level at least twice a year and identify the main causes of elevated levels with trying to control them. | ||
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