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BMC Public Health ; 16(1): 1231, 2016 12 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27927239

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Pregnant women exposed to lead are at risk of suffering reproductive damages, such as miscarriage, preeclampsia, premature delivery and low birth weight. Despite that the workplace offers the greatest potential for lead exposure, there is relatively little information about occupational exposure to lead during pregnancy. This study aims to assess the association between blood lead levels and occupational exposure in pregnant women from Durango, Mexico. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a population of 299 pregnant women. Blood lead was measured in 31 women who worked in jobs where lead is used (exposed group) and 268 who did not work in those places (control group). Chi-square test was applied to compare exposed and control groups with regard to blood lead levels. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Multivariable regression analysis was applied to determine significant predictors of blood lead concentrations in the exposed group. RESULTS: Exposed women had higher blood lead levels than those in the control group (4.00 ± 4.08 µg/dL vs 2.65 ± 1.75 µg/dL, p = 0.002). Furthermore, women in the exposed group had 3.82 times higher probability of having blood lead levels ≥ 5 µg/dL than those in the control group. Wearing of special workwear, changing clothes after work, living near a painting store, printing office, junkyard or rubbish dump, and washing the workwear together with other clothes resulted as significant predictors of elevated blood lead levels in the exposed group. CONCLUSIONS: Pregnant working women may be at risk of lead poisoning because of occupational and environmental exposure. The risk increases if they do not improve the use of protective equipment and their personal hygiene.


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Chumbo/sangue , Exposição Ocupacional/análise , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Intoxicação por Chumbo/etiologia , México , Doenças Profissionais/induzido quimicamente , Exposição Ocupacional/efeitos adversos , Razão de Chances , Gravidez , Complicações na Gravidez/induzido quimicamente , Fatores de Risco
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28420209

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Blood lead levels (BLLs) and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) activity are considered biomarkers of lead exposure and lead toxicity, respectively. The present study was designed to investigate the association between BLLs and ALAD activity in pregnant women from Durango, Mexico. A total of 633 pregnant women aged 13-43 years participated in this study. Blood lead was measured by a graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer. ALAD activity was measured spectrophotometrically. Mean blood lead was 2.09 ± 2.34 µg/dL; and 26 women (4.1%) crossed the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended level of 5 µg/dL. ALAD activity was significantly lower in women with levels of lead ≥5 µg/dL compared to those with BLLs < 5 µg/dL (p = 0.002). To reduce the influence of extreme values on the statistical analysis, BLLs were analyzed by quartiles. A significant negative correlation between blood lead and ALAD activity was observed in the fourth quartile of BLLs (r = -0.113; p < 0.01). Among women with blood lead concentrations ≥2.2 µg/dL ALAD activity was negatively correlated with BLLs (r = -0.413; p < 0.01). Multiple linear regression demonstrated that inhibition of ALAD in pregnant women may occur at levels of lead in blood above 2.2 µg/dL.


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Chumbo/sangue , Sintase do Porfobilinogênio/sangue , Adolescente , Adulto , Biomarcadores/sangue , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Intoxicação por Chumbo/sangue , Modelos Lineares , México , Sintase do Porfobilinogênio/metabolismo , Gravidez , Espectrofotometria Atômica , Adulto Jovem
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Arch Environ Occup Health ; 66(2): 107-13, 2011.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24484368

RESUMO

In this cross-sectional study the authors determined blood lead levels (BLLs) and some risk factors for lead exposure in pregnant women. Two hundred ninety-nine pregnant women receiving medical attention by the Secretary of Health, State of Durango, Mexico, participated in this study between 2007 and 2008. BLLs were evaluated with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. The authors used Student t test, 1-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression as statistical treatments. BLLs ranged from 0.36 to 23.6 µg/dL (mean = 2.79 µg/dL, standard deviation = 2.14). Multivariate analysis showed that the main predictors of BLLs were working in a place where lead is used, using lead glazed pottery, and eating soil.


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Exposição Ambiental/análise , Poluentes Ambientais/sangue , Chumbo/sangue , Gravidez/sangue , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Entrevistas como Assunto , Modelos Lineares , México , Análise Multivariada , Exposição Ocupacional/análise , Fatores de Risco , Espectrofotometria Atômica , Inquéritos e Questionários
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