%0 Journal Article %T Occupational lead exposure in Finland. V. Shipyards and shipbreaking. %A Tola, Sakari %A Karskela, Veikko %J Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health %D 1976 %8 March 2 %N 1 %@ 0355-3140 %F Tola1976 %X

Three Finnish shipyards and two shipbreaking enterprises were studied for lead exposure. Blood lead (Pb-B) concentration was measured for 568 workers in the shipyards and 13 workers in the shipbreaking enterprises. Erythrocyte delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) activity was determined for 139 workers in one shipyard and 7 workers in one shipbreaking enterprise. Hemoglobin level was determined for 545 workers in the three shipyards and 7 workers in one shipbreaking enterprise. Lead exposure in the shipyards was relatively low. No Pb-B value exceeded 70mug/100 ml. The most exposed occupations were welders, plumbers, painters, repairmen, and sheet metal workers. The mean Pb-B did not exceed 40 mug/100 ml in any of these groups. In both shipbreaking enterprises one Pb-B value exceeded 70 mug/100 ml, the mean Pb-B values of all the workers in the two enterprises being 51 and 46 mug/100 ml. respectively. ALAD values corresponded well with the respective Pb-B values. All the hemoglobin mean values were normal, and there were no statistically significant differences between the hemoglobin values of different groups.

%K blood %K delta-aminolevulinic dehydratase %K Finland %K lead %K lead exposure %K occupational lead exposure %K shipbreaking %K shipyard %R 10.5271/sjweh.2823 %U https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2823 %U https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.2823 %P 31-36