Exposure of school children to Pb and Zn in an industrialized city of Turkey

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2002-05-01

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Gaga, EO
Tuncel, PE
Tuncel, Süleyman Gürdal

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Blood lead and serum zinc concentrations of school children were determined in Bursa and in a small village nearby. The geometric means of Pb were 4.78 mug/dL, both for the village and city center. Geometric means of zinc were 78.8 mug/dL, and 71.6 mug/dL for the village and city center, respectively. About 8% of the total population had blood lead levels higher than 10 mug/dL, and 28% a serum zinc concentration less than 70 mug/dL, which is below reference concentration. Bivariate analysis indicated a relation between blood Pb, sex of the children and time spent outdoors.

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Blood level, Serum zinc, School children, Pollution

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/55374

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FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN

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E. Gaga, P. Tuncel, and S. G. Tuncel, “Exposure of school children to Pb and Zn in an industrialized city of Turkey,” FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, pp. 249–253, 2002, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/55374.