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Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh
Introduction. Use of lead acid battery (LAB) in Bangladesh has risen with sharp rise of motor vehicles. As result, manufacture of LAB is increasing. Most of the lead used by these industries comes from recycling of LAB. Workers in LAB industry are at risk of exposure lead and thus development of lea...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953567/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24707223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/974104 |
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author | Ahmad, Sk. Akhtar Khan, Manzurul Haque Khandker, Salamat Sarwar, A. F. M. Yasmin, Nahid Faruquee, M. H. Yasmin, Rabeya |
author_facet | Ahmad, Sk. Akhtar Khan, Manzurul Haque Khandker, Salamat Sarwar, A. F. M. Yasmin, Nahid Faruquee, M. H. Yasmin, Rabeya |
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description | Introduction. Use of lead acid battery (LAB) in Bangladesh has risen with sharp rise of motor vehicles. As result, manufacture of LAB is increasing. Most of the lead used by these industries comes from recycling of LAB. Workers in LAB industry are at risk of exposure lead and thus development of lead toxicity. Objective. The objective of this study was to measure the blood lead concentration and to assess the magnitude of health problems attributable to lead toxicity among the LAB manufacturing workers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the workers of LAB manufacturing industries located in Dhaka city. Result. Mean blood lead level (BLL) among the workers was found to be high. They were found to be suffering from a number of illnesses attributable to lead toxicity. The common illnesses were frequent headache, numbness of the limbs, colic pain, nausea, tremor, and lead line on the gum. High BLL was also found to be related to hypertension and anemia of the workers. Conclusion. High BLL and illnesses attributable to lead toxicity were prevalent amongst workers of the LAB manufacturing industries, and this requires attention especially in terms of occupational hygiene and safety. |
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spelling | pubmed-39535672014-04-06 Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh Ahmad, Sk. Akhtar Khan, Manzurul Haque Khandker, Salamat Sarwar, A. F. M. Yasmin, Nahid Faruquee, M. H. Yasmin, Rabeya ScientificWorldJournal Research Article Introduction. Use of lead acid battery (LAB) in Bangladesh has risen with sharp rise of motor vehicles. As result, manufacture of LAB is increasing. Most of the lead used by these industries comes from recycling of LAB. Workers in LAB industry are at risk of exposure lead and thus development of lead toxicity. Objective. The objective of this study was to measure the blood lead concentration and to assess the magnitude of health problems attributable to lead toxicity among the LAB manufacturing workers. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the workers of LAB manufacturing industries located in Dhaka city. Result. Mean blood lead level (BLL) among the workers was found to be high. They were found to be suffering from a number of illnesses attributable to lead toxicity. The common illnesses were frequent headache, numbness of the limbs, colic pain, nausea, tremor, and lead line on the gum. High BLL was also found to be related to hypertension and anemia of the workers. Conclusion. High BLL and illnesses attributable to lead toxicity were prevalent amongst workers of the LAB manufacturing industries, and this requires attention especially in terms of occupational hygiene and safety. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3953567/ /pubmed/24707223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/974104 Text en Copyright © 2014 Sk. Akhtar Ahmad et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ahmad, Sk. Akhtar Khan, Manzurul Haque Khandker, Salamat Sarwar, A. F. M. Yasmin, Nahid Faruquee, M. H. Yasmin, Rabeya Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh |
title | Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh |
title_full | Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh |
title_fullStr | Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh |
title_full_unstemmed | Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh |
title_short | Blood Lead Levels and Health Problems of Lead Acid Battery Workers in Bangladesh |
title_sort | blood lead levels and health problems of lead acid battery workers in bangladesh |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953567/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24707223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/974104 |
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