Research Article
Concentrations of Lead in Groundwater and Human Blood in the Population of Palosai, a Rural Area in Pakistan: Human Exposure and Risk Assessment
Table 4
Lead concentrations (μg/L) in the human blood of different age groups of people.
| | Mean | Range | SD± | Mean | Range | SD± |
| | Children (male), | Children (female), | | 0.01 | 0.00-0.06 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00-0.35 | 0.00 | | Adolescent (male), | Adolescent (female), | | 0.05 | 0.00-0.16 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00-0.14 | 0.00 | | Adults (male), | Adults (female), | | 0.1 | 0.00-0.20 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00-0.64 | 0.00 | | Old age (male), | Old age (female), | | 0.16 | 0.00-0.32 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.00-0.10 | 0.00 |
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: number of samples; SD±: standard deviation. |