Personal indium exposure concentration in respirable dusts and serum indium level.
Ind Health
; 55(1): 87-90, 2017 Feb 07.
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The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between indium exposure concentration in the respirable dust fraction (In-E) and indium in serum (In-S) in workers. METHODS: A total of 39 workers were studied. The study subjects were categorized into 3 groups, namely, smelting workers (n=7), ITO workers (n=6) in an ITO grinding plant, and other workers (n=26). In-E and In-S ranged from 0.004-24.0 µg/m3 and 0.1-8.50 µg/L, respectively. The simple regression equation was log(In-S)=0.322×log(In-E)-0.443. The simple correlation coefficients for the smelting workers, ITO workers and other workers were 0.489, 0.812 and 0.163, respectively. The differences in the relationships among the three groups suggest that In-S may vary with the chemical form to which the workers were exposed. In-E and In-S seem to be positively correlated. The correlation coefficient was higher for both smelting and ITO workers than for other workers.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Inhalación
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Exposición Profesional
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Polvo
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Indio
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ind Health
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Japón