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Title: Blood lead levels of traffic policemen in Bursa, Turkey
Authors: Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Halk Sağlığı Anabilim Dalı.
Uludağ Üniversitesi/Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi/Kimya Bölümü.
0000-0002-0983-4904
0000-0003-0610-2019
Pala, Kayıhan
Akis, N.
Gücer, Şeref
Aytekin, Hamdi
Berna Bali, İzgi
Aydın, Neşe
F-7816-2013
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Keywords: Blood lead level
Population
Traffic policemen
Tetraethyl lead
ET-AAS
Unleaded gasoline
Gasoline
Infectious diseases
Public, environmental & occupational health
Issue Date: Jul-2002
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Pala, K. vd. (2002)."Blood lead levels of traffic policemen in Bursa, Turkey". International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 205(5), 361-365.
Abstract: This study was conducted in January 2001, in Bursa, Turkey. Of the 99 traffic policemen who were included in the study, 21 were office workers. Blood lead levels were determined by using an electro-thermal atomic absorption spectrometer (ET-AAS). Average blood lead levels were 9.4 +/- 1.6 mug/l and 8.7 +/- 1.7 mug/l for policemen working outdoors and indoors, respectively. The difference between the two groups was statistically insignificant (P > 0.05). When policemen less than 15 years on duty were taken into account (n = 48) the difference between the outdoors and indoors working groups was significant (9.3 +/- 1.3 and 8.2 +/- 1.8 mug/l, P < 0.05). In order to prevent the negative effects of tetraethyl lead oil humans and the environment the use of lead in petrol must be prohibited.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1078/1438-4639-00169
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438463904701650
http://hdl.handle.net/11452/22724
ISSN: 1438-4639
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