Lead Poisoning in Stuccoers

Czech version

Authors: V. Machartová ¹; J. Kohout ¹; V. Senft ²
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika pracovního lékařství FN, Plzeň, přednostka as. MUDr. V. Machartová 2Ústav klinické biochemie a diagnostiky, přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Racek, CSc. ¹
Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2003; (7): 391-393
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Overview

Lead poisoning has become a rather rare event over the last years and the observed cases tendto be atypical in nature. Lead was previously used as an additive to paints and manipulationwith old paints may cause poisoning. The authors described the cases of lead poisoning inmodelers in stucco who had worked in renovation of historical buildings.

Key words:
lead, stucco, historical buildings.

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