title: [Fluorides in urine of the population living in polluted environment].
abstract: The increased excretion of fluorides in urine was shown by ion-selective method, in three different groups of workers, inhabitants of Chorzów--the most polluted town in the Upper Silesia. In nearly all workers (90%) of Nitrogen Chemical Plant and Slaughterhouse (groups A and M), the urine fluoride exceeded three to four times the upper limit of the normal range, while only two times in slightly less number of workers (77%) of the Steelworks (group S). The subjective complaints and bone pains were correlated with excessive urine fluoride concentrations in about 40% of workers studied in groups A and M, and in 18% of workers in group S. These results point to an excessive exposition of people to fluorides from the polluted environment, as well as to a high risk of fluorine retention in bones and osteofluorosis.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Biochemii Ogólnej Instytutu Biochemii Lekarskiej, Akademii Medycznej im. M. Kopernika, Krakowie.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ignacak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gumińska
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs / Q000592:standards*; D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000506:poisoning / Q000633:toxicity*; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000506:poisoning / Q000633:toxicity*; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000592:standards*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005458:Fluoride Poisoning / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000592:standards / Q000633:toxicity / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D008669:Metallurgy / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000652:urine*; D011044:Poland; D014504:Urban Health / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D005459:Fluorides
vernacular_title: Fluor w moczu u ludzi zyjacych w zanieczyszczonym środowisku.