Exposures to lead during urban combat training.

Body Burden Female Firearms Humans Lead / analysis Military Personnel Motivation Occupational Exposure / analysis
Biological monitoring Lead Maximum allowable concentration Military hygiene Occupational exposure Occupational health

Journal

International journal of hygiene and environmental health
ISSN: 1618-131X
Titre abrégé: Int J Hyg Environ Health
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 100898843

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 2021
Historique:
received: 28 01 2021
revised: 08 05 2021
accepted: 10 05 2021
pubmed: 26 5 2021
medline: 26 10 2021
entrez: 25 5 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Lead exposure is still a major concern for occupations that regularly train or work with firearms, such as law enforcement and military personnel. Due to the increasing number of women of fertile age in such professions, there is a strong incentive to monitor lead exposures during firearms training. Personal air sampling was performed during two sessions of a nine-day urban combat training (UCT) course for cadets in the Swedish Armed Forces, one session employing leaded ammunition (leaded scenario) and one session employing unleaded ammunition (unleaded scenario). Blood lead levels (BLLs) were measured before and after the course for 42 cadets and five instructors. During the leaded scenario, the instructors' airborne exposure (geometric mean, GM, 72.0 μg/m

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113773 PMID: 34034039
pubmed: 34034039
pii: S1438-4639(21)00088-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113773
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Lead 2P299V784P

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

113773

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier GmbH.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Linda Schenk (L)

Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, SE 17177, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: linda.schenk@ki.se.

Håkan Wingfors (H)

Division of CBRN Defence and Security, Swedish Defence Research Agency, SE 901 82, Umeå, Sweden.

Björn Skoog (B)

Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine (SWE CDM), SE 426 05, Västra Frölunda, Sweden.

Niklas Forsgard (N)

Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Christina Nyberg (C)

Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine (SWE CDM), SE 426 05, Västra Frölunda, Sweden.

Fabian Taube (F)

Swedish Armed Forces Centre for Defence Medicine (SWE CDM), SE 426 05, Västra Frölunda, Sweden; Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, Box 414, SE 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Classifications MeSH

questionsmedicales.fr › Environnement et santé publique › Santé publique › Pollution de l'environnement › Charge corporelle › Exposures to lead during urban combat training.
questionsmedicales.fr › Technologie, industrie et agriculture › Produits manufacturés › Armes › Armes à feu › Exposures to lead during urban combat training.
questionsmedicales.fr › Eucaryotes › Animaux › Chordés › Vertébrés › Mammifères › Eutheria › Primates › Haplorhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Humains › Exposures to lead during urban combat training.
questionsmedicales.fr › Produits chimiques inorganiques › Métaux › Métaux lourds › Plomb › Exposures to lead during urban combat training.
questionsmedicales.fr › Personnes › Groupes professionnels › Personnel militaire › Exposures to lead during urban combat training.
questionsmedicales.fr › Comportement et mécanismes comportementaux › Personnalité › Intelligence › Intelligence émotionnelle › Motivation › Exposures to lead during urban combat training.
questionsmedicales.fr › Environnement et santé publique › Santé publique › Pollution de l'environnement › Exposition environnementale › Exposition professionnelle › Exposures to lead during urban combat training.