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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài:Lead exposure study among workers in lead acid battery repair units of transport service enterprises, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology BioMed Central Research Lead exposure study among workers in lead acid battery repair units of transport service enterprises Addis Ababa Ethiopia a cross-sectional study Kemal Ahmed1 Gonfa Ayana2 and Ephrem Engidawork 1 Open Access Address Department of Pharmacology School of Pharmacy Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Ethiopia and 2Department of Clinical Chemistry Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute Addis Ababa Ethiopia Email Kemal Ahmed - kemalfenet@yahoo.com Gonfa Ayana - gonfaayana@yahoo.com Ephrem Engidawork - ephrem@phar.aau.edu.et Corresponding author Published 28 November 2008 Received 2 March 2006 _.Z-Z1 AZ.J.-J 1AAO - .- A J.un I lozuvjr Accepted 28 November 2008 Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2008 3 30 doi 10.1186 1745-6673-3-30 This article is available from http www.occup-med.com content 3 1 30 2008 Ahmed et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Lead exposure is common in automobile battery manufacture and repair radiator repair secondary smelters and welding units. Urinary Aminolevulinic acid has validity as a surrogate measure of blood lead level among workers occupationally exposed to lead. This study had therefore assessed the magnitude of lead exposure in battery repair workers of three transport service enterprises. Methods To this effect a cross-sectional study was carried out on lead exposure among storage battery repair workers between November 2004 and May 2005 from Anbasa Comet and Walia transport service enterprises Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Subjective information from the workers was obtained by making use of structured questionnaire. Other information was obtained from .
