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Environmental and Body Concentrations of Heavy Metals at Sites Near and Distant from Industrial Complexes in Ulsan, Korea

BACKGROUND: Industrial pollution may affect the heavy metal body burden of people living near industrial complexes. We determined the average concentrations of atmospheric heavy metals in areas close to and distant from industrial complexes in Korea, and the body concentrations of these heavy metals...

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Autores principales: Sung, Joo Hyun, Oh, Inbo, Kim, Ahra, Lee, Jiho, Sim, Chang Sun, Yoo, Cheolin, Park, Sang Jin, Kim, Geun-Bae, Kim, Yangho
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Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5773847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349943
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e33
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author Sung, Joo Hyun
Oh, Inbo
Kim, Ahra
Lee, Jiho
Sim, Chang Sun
Yoo, Cheolin
Park, Sang Jin
Kim, Geun-Bae
Kim, Yangho
author_facet Sung, Joo Hyun
Oh, Inbo
Kim, Ahra
Lee, Jiho
Sim, Chang Sun
Yoo, Cheolin
Park, Sang Jin
Kim, Geun-Bae
Kim, Yangho
author_sort Sung, Joo Hyun
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description BACKGROUND: Industrial pollution may affect the heavy metal body burden of people living near industrial complexes. We determined the average concentrations of atmospheric heavy metals in areas close to and distant from industrial complexes in Korea, and the body concentrations of these heavy metals in residents living near and distant from these facilities. METHODS: The atmospheric data of heavy metals (lead and cadmium) were from the Regional Air Monitoring Network in Ulsan. We recruited 1,148 participants, 872 who lived near an industrial complex (“exposed” group) and 276 who lived distant from industrial complexes (“non-exposed” group), and measured their concentrations of blood lead, urinary cadmium, and urinary total mercury. RESULTS: The results showed that atmospheric and human concentrations of heavy metals were higher in areas near industrial complexes. In addition, residents living near industrial complexes had higher individual and combined concentrations (cadmium + lead + mercury) of heavy metals. CONCLUSION: We conclude that residents living near industrial complexes are exposed to high concentrations of heavy metals, and should be carefully monitored.
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spelling pubmed-57738472018-01-29 Environmental and Body Concentrations of Heavy Metals at Sites Near and Distant from Industrial Complexes in Ulsan, Korea Sung, Joo Hyun Oh, Inbo Kim, Ahra Lee, Jiho Sim, Chang Sun Yoo, Cheolin Park, Sang Jin Kim, Geun-Bae Kim, Yangho J Korean Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Industrial pollution may affect the heavy metal body burden of people living near industrial complexes. We determined the average concentrations of atmospheric heavy metals in areas close to and distant from industrial complexes in Korea, and the body concentrations of these heavy metals in residents living near and distant from these facilities. METHODS: The atmospheric data of heavy metals (lead and cadmium) were from the Regional Air Monitoring Network in Ulsan. We recruited 1,148 participants, 872 who lived near an industrial complex (“exposed” group) and 276 who lived distant from industrial complexes (“non-exposed” group), and measured their concentrations of blood lead, urinary cadmium, and urinary total mercury. RESULTS: The results showed that atmospheric and human concentrations of heavy metals were higher in areas near industrial complexes. In addition, residents living near industrial complexes had higher individual and combined concentrations (cadmium + lead + mercury) of heavy metals. CONCLUSION: We conclude that residents living near industrial complexes are exposed to high concentrations of heavy metals, and should be carefully monitored. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2017-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5773847/ /pubmed/29349943 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e33 Text en © 2018 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sung, Joo Hyun
Oh, Inbo
Kim, Ahra
Lee, Jiho
Sim, Chang Sun
Yoo, Cheolin
Park, Sang Jin
Kim, Geun-Bae
Kim, Yangho
Environmental and Body Concentrations of Heavy Metals at Sites Near and Distant from Industrial Complexes in Ulsan, Korea
title Environmental and Body Concentrations of Heavy Metals at Sites Near and Distant from Industrial Complexes in Ulsan, Korea
title_full Environmental and Body Concentrations of Heavy Metals at Sites Near and Distant from Industrial Complexes in Ulsan, Korea
title_fullStr Environmental and Body Concentrations of Heavy Metals at Sites Near and Distant from Industrial Complexes in Ulsan, Korea
title_full_unstemmed Environmental and Body Concentrations of Heavy Metals at Sites Near and Distant from Industrial Complexes in Ulsan, Korea
title_short Environmental and Body Concentrations of Heavy Metals at Sites Near and Distant from Industrial Complexes in Ulsan, Korea
title_sort environmental and body concentrations of heavy metals at sites near and distant from industrial complexes in ulsan, korea
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5773847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349943
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e33
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