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Blood Lead Levels in Radiator Repair Workers in Colorado

 

作者: Craig Dalton,   Jane McCammon,   Richard Hoffman,   Roy Baron,  

 

期刊: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine  (OVID Available online 1997)
卷期: Volume 39, issue 1  

页码: 58-62

 

ISSN:1076-2752

 

年代: 1997

 

出版商: OVID

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

A laboratory-based blood lead surveillance system in Colorado identified radiator repair workers as having the highest blood lead levels of all worker groups reported. A survey of 42 radiator repair shops in ten locales throughout Colorado was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of workers with elevated blood lead levels >25 µg/dL. The survey was designed to test the sensitivity of the surveillance system and to assess working conditions and practices in the radiator repair industry in Colorado. Of 63 workers, 39 (62%) had blood lead levels >25 µg/dL. The sensitivity of the surveillance system for detecting radiator repair workers with elevated blood lead levels was estimated at 11%. None of the radiator repair shops had adequate local exhaust ventilation. Work practice and engineering modifications are needed to reduce lead exposure in this industry.

 



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