- 충청북도 일부 폐광산 지역 주민의 만성 납 노출 정도 평가
- ㆍ 저자명
- 송선호,엄상용,김용대,김헌,홍장수,Song. Sun-Ho,Eom. Sang-Yong,Kim. Yong-Dae,Kim. Heon,Hong. Jang-Soo
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 한국환경과학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2010년|19권 4호|pp.527-532 (6 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국환경과학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
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.