A pilot survey of blood lead levels in various types of workers in the United Arab Emirates
A pilot survey of blood lead levels in various types of workers in the United Arab Emirates
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DOI：
10.1016/s0160-4120(01)00061-7
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发表时间：
2001-10-01
影响因子：
11.8
通讯作者：
Al-Neamy, FRM
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作者：
Bener, A;Almehdi, AM;Al-Neamy, FRM
本研究的目的是确定血铅对阿拉伯联合酋长国（UAE）工业工人健康的影响。这是一个横断面的试点调查血铅水平（BLL）的100名工业工人（暴露）和100名非工业工人（非暴露），年龄，性别和国籍相匹配的选择从艾因，阿布扎比酋长国。产业工人的BLL平均值（77.5 +/- 42.8 mug/dl和中位数80.9 mug/dl）显著高于非产业工人（19.8 +/- 12.3 mug/dl和中位数11.0 mug/dl）。在本研究中，产业工人中报告的症状与BLL恶心/呕吐、肌肉症状、头晕、疲劳、易怒、记忆障碍、失眠和过敏性结膜炎、鼻炎和皮炎密切相关。此外，本研究发现，工业工人有较高的患病率的呼吸道症状，痰，呼吸急促和诊断哮喘。总之，本研究确定某些症状的发生可能与工业工人的铅暴露有关。(C)2001爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
The aim of the present study is to determine the effect of blood lead on the health of industrial workers in United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is a cross-sectional pilot survey of blood lead levels (BLL) of 100 industrial workers (exposed) and 100 non-industrial workers (nonexposed), matched for age, sex and nationality selected from Al-Ain, Abu-Dhabi Emirate. Industrial workers had significantly higher mean of BLL (77.5 +/- 42.8 mug/dl and median 80.9 mug/dl) than non-industrial workers (19.8 +/- 12.3 mug/dl and median 11.0 mug/dl). In the present study, reported symptoms among industrial workers were strongly associated with BLL nausea/vomiting, muscular symptoms, dizziness, fatigue, irritability, memory disturbances, insomnia and allergic conjuctivitis, rhinitis and dermatitis. Furthermore, the present study revealed that industrial workers had higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms for phlegm, shortness of breath and diagnosed asthma. In conclusion, this study determined that occurrence of certain symptoms might be associated with lead exposure among industrial workers. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.