[Influence of environmental tobacco smoking on different barium contents in pharyngeal tonsils]. / Wplyw biernego palenia na zrónicowanie wystepowania baru w migdalkach gardlowych dzieci.

The aim of this study was analysis of content of barium in pharyngeal tonsils from children living on Southern Poland in during exposure on ETS. Barium contents in pharyngeal tonsils were higher for no exposure ETS children (0.099 microg/g) in comparison to exposure by ETS (0.033 microg/g), p=0.0042. The interaction between Ba and Ca, Fe, K or higher arithmetic and geometric mean, statistical range of changes contributed the role ETS in relation to children.

[Lead content in blood of children living near zinc smelter plant exposure on environmental tobacco smoking (ETS)]. / Wystepowanie olowiu w krwi dzieci zamieszkalych w zasiegu oddzialywania Huty Cynku "Miasteczko Slaskie" narazonych na bierne palenie tytoniu.

In this paper the results of concentration of lead in the blood of children living near and background the plant smelter are presented. 510 girls and 567 boys from schools located at Tarnowskie Góry and Miasteczko Slaskie took part in the study. Concentration of lead content in the blood of children was determined by the ASA method with the apparatus Pye Unicam SP-9. Smoking of parents increased the level of lead in the blood. Higher concentration of lead was show in blood girls (8.09 microg/100 ml) and boys (9.78 microg/100 ml) exposure to tobacco smoke in comparison to girls (6.19 microg/100 ml) and boys (6.81 microg/100 ml) living in no smoking conditions.