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A Study on Concentrations of Heavy Metal in Blood and Urine of Local Area in Korea

국내 일부 지역주민의 혈액과 요중 중금속 농도에 관한 연구

  • Im, Ji-Young (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Chung, Eun-Kyung (Department of Biological Science, Sookmyung University) ;
  • Park, Hee-Jin (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Yu, Seungdo (Environment Health Division, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Jang, Bong-Ki (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Son, Bu-Soon (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 임지영 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 정은경 (숙명여자대학교 생명과학과) ;
  • 박희진 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 유승도 (국립환경과학원 환경건강연구부 환경보건연구과) ;
  • 장봉기 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 손부순 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과)
  • Received : 2012.08.24
  • Accepted : 2013.01.10
  • Published : 2013.01.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of heavy metal concentrations in the blood and urine of the general population. This research had been conducted from April to December 2008, studying 545 residents of Daejeon and Chungcheong Province. Through the concentrations of heavy metals(Pb, Cd, Hg, As, Mn) in the biota samples and questionnaires, the residents heavy metal exposure level and the influential factors according to personal characteristics or lifestyle were evaluated. As to the heavy metal concentration in the blood and urine of the comparing region, were As and Mn statistically significant(p<0.01, p<0.05). Blood lead and urinary mercury concentrations were higher in males than females. The heavy metal concentration for each age group increased blood mercury. The concentration of all heavy metals were higher in the drinkers than in the non-drinkers. Blood lead and mercury concentrations were higher in the smokers than in the non-smokers, but the urinary cadmium, arsenic and blood manganese was higher in the non-smokers than in the smokers. As to the blood lead and urinary cadmium concentration according to the food preference fish showed high concentration. To clarify the factors affecting the heavy metal concentration in biota among subjects multiple regression analysis was conducted. As a results, it turned out that as to lead content in blood, sex, age and smoking have influence on the subjects with explanatory adequacy of 14.0 %. These results demonstrated that the factors affected the concentrations of heavy metals in blood and urine. The results of this study could be used as the foundational data for setting the health risk assessment.

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