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- Original Article Blood and Urinary Cadmium Concentration of Residents around Abandoned Metal Mines in Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do
- Hyo Jun Kim, Byoung Gwon Kim, Dae Seon Kim, Jeong Wook Seo, Byeng Chul Yu, Young Wook Kim, Young Seoub Hong
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2010.22.1.1
Published online: March 31, 2010
1Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Korea. yshong@dau.ac.kr 
2Division of Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute of Environmental Research(NIER), Korea.
3Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Korea.
4Department of Occupational Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital, Korea.
2Division of Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute of Environmental Research(NIER), Korea.
3Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Korea.
4Department of Occupational Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital, Korea.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the blood and urinary cadmium concentration levels of around abandoned metal mines in comparison with a control group.
METHODS
Blood and urinary cadmium concentration levels were analyzed through investigations of the dietary habits and dietary water of subjects living near abandoned metal mines (exposure group) (n=190) in comparison with those living in designated control areas (control group) (n=256).
RESULTS
The blood cadmium (1.93 microgram/l) and urinary cadmium (2.41 microgram/g cr) concentrations of the exposure group were significantly higher than those of the control group (blood cadmium: 1.19 microgram/l, urinary cadmium: 1.94 microgram/g cr). Both concentrations were significantly higher in vegetarians in both groups.
CONCLUSIONS
The exposure group had higher blood and urinary cadmium concentrations than the control group. We attributed the elevated blood and urine cadmium levels in the abandoned mine residents to the influence of the abandoned mine sites.
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