In-vivo tibial lead measurement to assess the health hazard of Venezuelan workers

L Sajo-Bohus; Malcolm Scott; ED Greaves; Lillian Somervaille; Stuart Green; T Avila; F Loaiza; L Foglietta

doi:10.1023/B:JRNC.0000017297.83705.fe

In-vivo tibial lead measurement to assess the health hazard of Venezuelan workers

L Sajo-Bohus, Malcolm Scott, ED Greaves, Lillian Somervaille, Stuart Green, T Avila, F Loaiza, L Foglietta

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Gamma-ray induced X-ray emission (GIXE) technique for elemental lead in-vivo tibial measurement using a large volume hyper pure germanium detector is presented with the most convenient source-sample-detector geometry. The system operates advantageously when several parameters are considered for a lower dead time operation. The detection limit (DL) is better that 3.5 mug/g of Ca. Results of in-vivo average tibial lead concentration for some of the monitored groups are: control 7 mug of lead per g of Ca; gasoline filling attendants 6 mug/g of Ca; custom office workers near the DL; industrial workers range from DL up to 84+/-3 mug/g of Ca, suggesting that lead accumulation in the bone does not represent a major health risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-255
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	259
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JRNC.0000017297.83705.fe
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2004

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