13.02.2013 Views

Air Quality Criteria for Lead Volume II of II - (NEPIS)(EPA) - US ...

Air Quality Criteria for Lead Volume II of II - (NEPIS)(EPA) - US ...

Air Quality Criteria for Lead Volume II of II - (NEPIS)(EPA) - US ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

AX6-240<br />

Table AX6-9.4 (cont’d). Effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lead</strong> on Hematopoietic System in Adults<br />

Reference, Study<br />

Location, and Period Study Description Pb Measurement Findings, Interpretation<br />

Asia (cont’d)<br />

Schwartz et al. (1997)<br />

Korea<br />

1994-1995<br />

Design: cross-sectional<br />

Subjects: adult male battery manufacture<br />

workers (n = 57), mean age 32 yrs (SD 6).<br />

Outcome measures: blood Hgb, HgbA1, and<br />

Hgb A2, ALAD genotype<br />

Analysis: comparison <strong>of</strong> outcome measures<br />

between ALAD genotype strata<br />

Blood Pb (µg/dL) mean<br />

(SD):<br />

ALAD1,1 (n = 38): 26.1<br />

(9.8)<br />

ALAD1,2 (n = 19): 24.0<br />

(11.3)<br />

Mean blood Pb (p = 0.48) and blood Hgb levels (p = 0.34) were not<br />

different between ALAD genotype strata.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!