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Title	Lead levels in some biological samples of auto-mechanics in Abeokuta, Nigeria

Creator	Babalola, O O Ojo, L O Aderemi, M O

Subject	Lead Auto-mechanics Occupationally exposed subject Blood Fingernail Hair

Description	401-403 Lead levels were determined in the blood, scalp hair and fingernails of 38, all male auto-mechanics (aged 18-45 years) from Abeokuta, South-western Nigeria. The subjects were classified into four sub-groups based on the period of exposure namely: 1-5, 6-10, 11–15, and >16 years. Thirty-two occupationally unexposed subjects (mainly office workers) served as the control. The weight, height and body mass indexes of all subjects were noted, in addition to other information obtained through structured questionnaire. The mean values of blood lead (BPb), hair lead (HPb) and fingernail lead (NPb) of the occupationally exposed subjects (n=38) were 48.50 ± 9.08 μg/dL, 17.75 ± 5.16 μg/g, and 5.92 ± 3.30 μg/g respectively, while the corresponding mean values for these parameters in the control subjects (n = 32) were 33.65 ± 10.09 μg/dL, 14.30 ± 5.90 g/g and 5.31 ± 2.77 μg/g respectively. The differences in BPb and HPb levels of the two groups were statistically significant (P

Date	2009-03-30T09:22:20Z 2009-03-30T09:22:20Z 2005-12

Type	Article

Identifier	0301-1208 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3547

Language	en_US

Relation	G01N33/00

Publisher	CSIR

Source	IJBB Vol. 42(6) [December 2005]

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