Investigation on Blood Lead Levels of Preschool Children in Harbin and Jixi
- VernacularTitle:哈尔滨和鸡西市学龄前儿童血铅水平调查
- Author:
Shuying DONG
;
Xiuzhen DU
;
Peicheng LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children,preschool;
Blood lead;
Environmental pollution
- From:
Journal of Environment and Health
1993;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the effects of environmental pollution on blood lead levels of children.Methods The blood lead levels of605children aged2-7in6urban districts of Harbin and307children aged2-7in Jixi were deter-mined by graphite furnace atom absorption spectrophotometry during the period from April to June in1999.Results The data on blood lead levels of children in two cities showed both positive skewness distribution.The geometric means of blood lead lev-els of children were0.354?mol/L in Harbin and0.441?mol/L in Jixi,the medians were0.369?mol/L in Harbin and0.440?mol/L in Jixi,the values of P 95 were1.575?mol/L in Harbin and1.304?mol/L in Jixi.The children with blood lead levels of≥0.483?mol/L accounted for44.5%of total observed in Harbin and44.9%in Jixi.Conclusion Environmental lead pollution had coused potential adverse effects on preschool children health.
