A pilot evaluation of tibia lead concentrations in Taiwan |
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| Authors: | Todd A C Ginde N R Ho C K Luo J C Tolman J Tsai J L Wu T N Liou S H |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. andrew.todd@mssm.edu |
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| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to examine some of the factors that influence tibia lead concentrations, tibia lead x-ray fluorescence measurement uncertainty and blood lead concentrations, and to compare tibia lead concentrations in Taiwanese lead workers to those observed in lead workers from other countries. METHODS: A pilot evaluation of 43 adult lead workers who underwent measurements of tibia lead and blood lead concentrations. RESULTS: Mean and maximum tibia lead concentrations were 54 microg of Pb per g of bone mineral(microg/g) and 193 microg/g, respectively. Mean and maximum blood lead concentrations were 44 microg/dl and 92 microg/dl, respectively. CONCLUSION: Past occupational control of lead exposure in Taiwan, ROC, did not prevent these workers from accumulating tibia lead concentrations greater than those in similar workers elsewhere in the world. |
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| Keywords: | bone lead x‐ray fluorescence blood lead occupational exposure lead poisoning |
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