TY - JOUR T1 - Absorption of lead in Tehran traffic policemen. AU - Farsam,H, AU - Salari,G H, AU - Nadim,A, PY - 1982/5/1/pubmed PY - 1982/5/1/medline PY - 1982/5/1/entrez SP - 373 EP - 6 JF - American Industrial Hygiene Association journal JO - Am Ind Hyg Assoc J VL - 43 IS - 5 N2 - In this study 228 traffic policemen and 68 policemen engaged in office duties were studied for lead absorption. The average value of blood lead of traffic policemen (29.52 +/- 7.78 micrograms/100 mL) in the city of Tehran was significantly (p less than 0.01) higher than for the policemen in office duties (21.74 +/- 5.63 micrograms/100 mL). No correlation between blood lead level and age and/or length of occupation was found. The most reasonable explanation for the findings of this study is that lead emission from motor vehicles is causing this effect. SN - 0002-8894 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/6178281/Absorption_of_lead_in_Tehran_traffic_policemen_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -