Research Article
Chromium Exposure and Hygienic Behaviors in Printing Workers in Southern Thailand
Table 1
Mean airborne levels, serum chromium levels, and urinary chromium levels.
| | Parameters | Control subjects
() | Exposed workers
() | value |
| | Mean airborne levels (μg/m3) ± SD | — | 7.20 ± 2.86 | |
| | Mean serum chromium levels (μg/L) ± SD | 0.12 ± 0.07
(0.1–0.26) | 1.24 ± 1.13
(0.1–4.21) | 0.031 |
| | Mean urine chromium levels (μg/g creatinine) ± SD | 1.06 ± 1.11
(0.1–1.20) | 6.86 ± 1.93
(0.1–9.5) | <0.001 |
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Significant at .
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