| Document ID (ISN) | 72515 |
| CIS number |
99-527 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1998 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ho S.F., Sam. C.T., Embi G.B. |
| Title |
Lead exposure in the lead-acid storage battery manufacturing and PVC compounding industries |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1998, Vol.48, No.6, p.369-373. 18 ref. |
| Abstract |
Workers from two PVC compounding plants and two lead acid battery manufacturing plants in Singapore were studied along with a control group. The mean lead-in-air level was higher in the battery manufacturing plants than in the PVC compounding plants. Battery workers had higher mean blood lead than PVC workers, but there was poor correlation with lead-in-air levels. Malays had higher blood lead levels than the Chinese, although there was no significant difference between the two ethnic groups among the controls. Workers who ate with bare hands at least once a week had higher blood lead levels after adjusting for lead-in-air levels. Results indicate that the higher blood lead levels observed in the Malay workers may have been due to their higher exposure and eating with bare hands. Topics: battery and dry cell manufacture; lead; case-control study; determination in air; determination in blood; exposure evaluation; food contamination; job-exposure relation; personal hygiene; personal sampling; race-linked differences; smoking. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
lead; battery and dry cell manufacture; exposure evaluation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
race-linked differences; personal sampling; smoking; personal hygiene; determination in blood; job-exposure relation; food contamination; determination in air; case-control study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Singapore |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Exposure evaluation
Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment
Lead and compounds
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