Occupational and environmental lead exposure to adolescent workers in battery recycling workshops.

摘要: Lead (Pb), as other environmental neurotoxicant substances, has the capability to interfere with many biochemical events present in cells throughout body. In study, and occupational exposure Pb been assessed by analyzing scalp hair samples of male adolescents aged 12–15 years, who have worked for last 12–36 months battery recycling workshops (BRWs). For comparative purposes, gender age-matched subjects living vicinity well areas without industrial activity were used controls. The oxidized acid a microwave oven prior determination electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. results indicated that both workers nonworking exposed had higher levels than nonexposed contents adolescent study compared those reported studies.