인구집단의 비교를 통한 폐금속광산 지역 주민의 카드뮴 노출수준 및 건강영향평가

• 영문명: Health Impact Assessment for Cadmium Exposure: Comparison of Residents around Abandoned Mines with the General Population
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 서정욱(Jeong-Wook Seo) 김병권(Byoung-Gwon Kim) 홍영습(Young-Seoub Hong)
• 간행물 정보: 『1. 한국환경보건학회지』제46권 제3호, 297~311쪽, 전체 15쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2020.06.30

영문 초록

Objective: We compared the level of blood cadmium exposure with health impacts by using data from a survey of residents near an abandoned mine and a national health survey. Methods: For this study, we used data from 7,046 individuals who participated in the Health Effects Survey of Abandoned Metal Mines (AMS, 2008-2011) and 6,871 individuals who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IV-VI (KNHANES, 2008-2013). To evaluate the health impacts, the quartiles (S1 to S4) were classified according to blood cadmium concentration, and then the odds ratios of S2 to S4 over S1 for exceeding the reference values of renal function, blood pressure, and bone density were compared. Similarly, the odds ratio of AMS over KNHANES was confirmed. Results: In the AMS, adjusted for general characteristics, the geometric mean of blood cadmium concentration was 1.34 μg/L, which was statistically significantly higher than that of the KNHANES 1.22 μg/L (p<0.001). In the integrated data of AMS and KNHANES, the estimated odds ratio of S4 over S1 for exceeding the reference value was found to be 1.70 for serum creatinine, 1.71 for hypertension, and a T-score 2.02 for the tarsal bone. They were all statistically significant. Conclusion: Residents around abandoned metal mines had a higher blood cadmium concentration than the general population, and the odds for exceeding the reference values were higher for some health indicators. Continuous biomonitoring should be conducted for vulnerable areas such as around abandoned metal mines, and measures to reduce cadmium exposure and management of chronic diseases are needed.

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Cadmium health impact abandoned metal mine