Assessment Of Occupational Lead Exposure In Selected Printing Enterprises A Cross-sectional Comparative Study

A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 workers of 3 printingrnenterprises namely Berhanana Selam, Bole and Artistic which are located in AddisrnAbaba to assess occupational Lead exposure. The respondents comprised 30rnexposed and 30 non-exposed workers. Structured close-ended questionnaire wasrnused to collect data related to socio-demography, existing exposure factors and,rnclinical Lead-related poisoning symptoms of the exposed workers. Venous blood wasrntaken for Lead test and tested using GFAAS.The mean blood lead level of exposedrnworkers (95%CI: 247.867 ± 26.027 μg/L) was significantly higher than the meanrnblood lead level of non-exposed workers (95%CI: 180.640 μg/L ± 21.011μg/L)rn(p

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