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KMID : 0368019870100010125
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Journal of Soonchunhyang University
1987 Volume.10 No. 1 p.125 ~ p.135
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Effect of Cadmium on the Health of Residents near a Zine-Mining Site
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남택승/Nam, Taik-Sung
홍종관/한구웅/박종안/Hong, Chong-Kwan/Han, Gu-Wung/Park, Jong-An
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Abstract
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The cadmium contents of environment and human body were measured for the health status of the residents in the selected area near an old zinc-mining site assuming that cadmium contamination in the environment would affect the health status of the residents, and the results were as follows :
L The cadmium contents of the environment were 0.0211E0.012 P g/m3 in the air, 0:019 +0.011 fig/ml in the water, 0.382±0.233 ,lg/g in the rice and 0.342±0.211 Pg/g in the tooth.
2. The major complaints of the residents were excessive sputum, dyspnea and pains on both extremities. Female complained more frequently than male in dyspnea, lumbago and pains on both extremities.
3. An assessment of the nutritional health status of residents revealed that for male 8.5% were weak, 10.1% were fat and 32.5% were anemic, while for female 17.6% were weak, 15.3% were fat and 30.1% were anemic.
4. The prevalence rate of hypertension was 152.8%o.(male 84.7%o, female; 200.0%) and the prevalence rate of diastolic hypertension was higher than that of systolic hyperten sion.
5. The diagnostic variables verifing the assumption mode in this study were blood
pressur-e(0.76, p<0.05), urine osmolarity(?0.42, p<0.05) and E.S.R.(0.57, p<0.01).
From the above results, the environmental cadmium contamination affects the health status of the residents in the area near an old zinc-mining site to a certain extent, but not to a great extent(R,=0.55).
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