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Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
Volume 48, 2013 - Issue 12
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Correlation between total blood lead values and peripheral blood counts in workers occupationally exposed to urban stressors

Tiziana Caciari Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Teodorico Casale Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Manuela Ciarrocca Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Assunta Capozzella Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Pier Agostino Gioffrè Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Paola Corbosiero Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Gianfranco Tomei Department of Psychiatric and Psychological Science, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Barbara Scala Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Giorgia Andreozzi Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Nadia Nardone Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Francesco Tomei Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Maria Valeria Rosati Department of Anatomy, Histology, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Pages 1457-1469 | Received 26 Dec 2012, Published online: 26 Jun 2013
 
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between occupational exposure to airborne lead (Pb) and alterations in peripheral blood counts in workers of the Municipal Police assigned to different types of outdoor tasks. Then, 337 both male and female subjects were enrolled and divided on the basis of sex, cigarette smoking habit and kind of task. Exposure to airborne Pb, dosage of total blood Pb and peripheral blood count were carried out. A significant positive correlation was detected between the values of total blood Pb and values of plasma reticulocytes (%RET) both in the total sample and for all the classes of the subdivision except for police drivers. Some statistically significant correlations were present but discontinuous for other variables of peripheral blood counts. Results suggest that occupational exposure to low doses of airborne Pb is able to influence lines of the hematopoietic system in exposed workers, with special reference to %RET.

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