TY - JOUR
T1 - Blood lead levels in Taiwanese adults
T2 - Distribution and influencing factors
AU - Liou, Saou Hsing
AU - Wu, Trong Neng
AU - Chiang, Horn Che
AU - Yang, Guang Yang
AU - Yang, Tsann
AU - Wu, Yea Quay
AU - Lai, Jim Shoung
AU - Ho, Shien Tsong
AU - Lee, Ching Chang
AU - Ko, Ying Chin
AU - Ko, Kquei Nu
AU - Chang, Po Ya
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant (DOH82-HP-072-2M03) from the Department of Health, The Executive Yuan, ROC.
PY - 1996/2/23
Y1 - 1996/2/23
N2 - Five-thousand nine-hundred thirteen Taiwanese adults were selected by multistage sampling methods to investigate environmental lead exposure in Taiwan. The blood specimens were distributed to six laboratories for blood lead levels (BLL) measurement. The mean BLL of the 5913 Taiwanese adults was 8.28 ± 5.39 μg/dl, with a maximum level of 57.6 μg/dl. The median was 7.0 μg/dl and 90th percentile was 15.0 μg/dl. BLLs were associated with gender, ethnic group, education level, smoking, alcohol consumption, herbal drug consumption, milk consumption, sources of drinking water, level of urbanization, and occupational lead exposure. These results showed that BLLs in Taiwanese adults were stable during the 2-year study. Most of the influencing factors were consistent with other studies, while local risk factors, such as Chinese herbal drug consumption are important ways of preventing the general population from overexposure to lead.
AB - Five-thousand nine-hundred thirteen Taiwanese adults were selected by multistage sampling methods to investigate environmental lead exposure in Taiwan. The blood specimens were distributed to six laboratories for blood lead levels (BLL) measurement. The mean BLL of the 5913 Taiwanese adults was 8.28 ± 5.39 μg/dl, with a maximum level of 57.6 μg/dl. The median was 7.0 μg/dl and 90th percentile was 15.0 μg/dl. BLLs were associated with gender, ethnic group, education level, smoking, alcohol consumption, herbal drug consumption, milk consumption, sources of drinking water, level of urbanization, and occupational lead exposure. These results showed that BLLs in Taiwanese adults were stable during the 2-year study. Most of the influencing factors were consistent with other studies, while local risk factors, such as Chinese herbal drug consumption are important ways of preventing the general population from overexposure to lead.
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U2 - 10.1016/0048-9697(96)80245-2
DO - 10.1016/0048-9697(96)80245-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 8820717
AN - SCOPUS:0029669992
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 180
SP - 211
EP - 219
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
IS - 3
ER -