Evaluation of the status and the relationship between essential and toxic elements in the hair of occupationally exposed workers

Lead poisoning is a common disease in lead-acid battery manufacturing industries. Workers can be also exposed to various toxic elements present as contaminants or used as catalysts to enhance batteries’ performances. In the present study, levels of essential and toxic elements and their relationship...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2018-12, Vol.190 (12), p.731-28, Article 731
Main Authors: Nouioui, Mohamed Anouar, Araoud, Manel, Milliand, Marie-Laure, Bessueille-Barbier, Frédérique, Amira, Dorra, Ayouni-Derouiche, Linda, Hedhili, Abderrazek
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analytical chemistry
Antimony
Antimony - analysis
Arsenic - analysis
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Batteries
Blue collar workers
Cadmium
Cadmium - analysis
Catalysts
Chemical Sciences
Contaminants
Correlation
Dependence
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental science
Evaluation
Exposure
Female
Hair
Hair - chemistry
Humans
Industry
Interactions
Lead
Lead - analysis
Lead acid batteries
Lead content
Lead poisoning
Male
Manganese
Manufacturing
Manufacturing industry
Mass Spectrometry
Mercury
Mercury (metal)
Mercury - analysis
Metal workers
Middle Aged
Minerals - analysis
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Multivariate Analysis
Nickel
Occupational exposure
Occupational Exposure - analysis
Performance enhancement
Quadrupoles
Reference Values
Regression Analysis
Scalp
Scalp - chemistry
Selenium
Spectrum Analysis
Tin
Trace Elements - analysis
Workplaces
Young Adult
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Summary:Lead poisoning is a common disease in lead-acid battery manufacturing industries. Workers can be also exposed to various toxic elements present as contaminants or used as catalysts to enhance batteries’ performances. In the present study, levels of essential and toxic elements and their relationship were assessed by analyzing scalp hair samples of 52 workers in a Pb battery manufacturing plant. The impact of some confounding factors on hair mineral contents was also investigated. For comparative purposes, nonoccupationally exposed subjects were selected as controls. All elements were determined by triple quadrupole ICP-MS. The results indicated significantly higher levels of Pb, Sb, As, and Cd in the hair of workers when compared to controls ( p  
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-018-7088-2