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The present study's aim was to compare the levels of lead exposure between 3-year-old children and their mothers in a pottery-producing area, and to assess the levels of lead exposure for 3-year-old children of the parents engaged in pottery-manufacturing work. For these purposes urinary lead, coproporphyrin, and 6-aminolevulinic acid were determined for the children and their mothers, living in a pottery-producing area and in a control area. The mean urinary lead was 9.3 to 10.8 μg/l for the mothers in the pottery-producing area and 10.6 μg/l for the children in the control area. In contrast, among the children in the pottery-producing area, those whose parents had been engaged in the pottery production had a much higher mean urinary lead of 13.6 to 15.8 μg/l. These results suggest that parental work related to lead contributes appreciably to lead exposure for children.
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Katagiri, Y., Toriumi, H. & Kawai, M. Lead exposure among 3-year-old children and their mothers living in a pottery-producing area. Int. Arch Occup Environ Heath 52, 223–229 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00526521
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