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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Original Article 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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