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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 37658 |
| CIS number |
82-798 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1981 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Chmielnicka J., Komsta-Szumska E., Szymańska J.A. |
| Title |
Arginase and kallikrein activities as biochemical indices of occupational exposure to lead |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1981, Vol.38, No.2, p.175-178. Illus. 26 ref. |
| Abstract |
Urine lead concentration (Pb-U), blood Pb concentration (Pb-B), haematocrit, δ-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) and arginase activities, and urinary ALA and coproporphyrin (CP) concentrations, and kallikrein activity were determined in 60 Pb-exposed workers. Correlation coefficients of -0.78 and 0.77 for Pb-B/ALAD and Pb-B/arginase were found respectively for Pb/B >40g/dl, and 0.82, 0.76,-0.74 and -0.64 for Pb-U/ALA, Pb-U/Cp-U, Pb-U/kallikrein, and ALA/kallikrein, respectively. An increase in serum arginase activity may indicate liver damage, while a decrease in kallikrein activity may indicate kidney damage in Pb-exposed workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
lead; exposure tests; enzyme disturbances |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
hepatic damage; arginase; ALAD; kidney; urinary ala monitoring; blood monitoring; urine monitoring; serum changes |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Biological monitoring
Blood diseases
Lead and compounds
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