Woolf D A
Institute of Child Health, London.
J Trop Pediatr. 1990 Dec;36(6):314-5. doi: 10.1093/tropej/36.6.314.
Whole blood lead levels were estimated by atomic absorption analysis in 119 Omani children admitted to hospital. Eighteen per cent of the children were found to have a blood lead level of 1.2 mumol/l or more, 5 per cent were found to have a level above 2.4 mumol/l and 3 per cent had very high levels in excess of 3.4 mumol/l. No overall relationship was demonstrated between age and blood lead levels. However, children less than 3 years old were three times more likely than those 3 years or above to have a blood lead level in excess of 2.4 mumol/l. The results of this study are sufficiently worrying to justify a more widespread community based survey of blood lead levels in Omani children.
通过原子吸收分析法对119名入住医院的阿曼儿童进行了全血铅水平评估。发现18%的儿童血铅水平达到或超过1.2微摩尔/升，5%的儿童血铅水平高于2.4微摩尔/升，3%的儿童血铅水平非常高，超过3.4微摩尔/升。未发现年龄与血铅水平之间存在总体关联。然而，3岁以下儿童血铅水平超过2.4微摩尔/升的可能性是3岁及以上儿童的三倍。这项研究的结果足以令人担忧，有必要在阿曼儿童中开展更广泛的基于社区的血铅水平调查。
