ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2016
Occupational Lead Exposure from Indoor Firing Ranges in Korea.
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- Case series: from ventilation failure to substitution success in occupational lead poisoning at a Korean indoor firing range.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
- Cross-sectional associations of self-reported firearm use with blood lead concentrations in a nationally representative cohort of US adults.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Occupational Lead Exposure Among Civilian Indoor Shooting Range Workers in Korea: A Report of Blood Lead Levels and Airborne Lead.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Observational
- Assessment of lead exposure in indoor shooters in central Poland.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Long-term indoor gunshot exposure of special police forces induces bronchitic reactions and elevated blood lead levels-The Berlin shooting range study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2023Article
- Occupational Exposures and Environmental Health Hazards of Military Personnel.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Occupational Exposure to Metals in Shooting Ranges: A Biomonitoring Study.Safety and health at work · 2019Article
- Lead Poisoning at an Indoor Firing Range.Journal of Korean medical science · 2017Article
- Lead exposure at firing ranges-a review.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2017Review
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Abstract
Military personnel often use ammunitions that contain lead. The present study aimed to identify the risks for lead exposure and lead poisoning among workers at indoor firing ranges. A special health examination, including blood lead level (BLL) testing, was performed for all 120 workers at the indoor firing ranges of the Republic of Korea's Air Force, Navy, and Armed Forces Athletic Corps. The overall mean BLL was 11.3 ± 9.4 µg/dL (range: 2.0-64.0 µg/dL). The arithmetic mean of the BLL for professional shooters belong to Armed Forces Athletic Corps was 14.0 ± 8.3 µg/dL, while those of shooting range managers and shooting range supervisors were 13.8 ± 11.1 µg/dL and 6.4 ± 3.1 µg/dL, respectively. One individual had a BLL of 64 µg/dL, and ultimately completed chelation treatment (with CaNa2-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) without any adverse effects. These findings indicate that indoor firing range workers are exposed to elevated levels of lead. Therefore, when constructing an indoor firing range, a specialist should be engaged to design and assess the ventilation system; and safety guidelines regarding ammunition and waste handling must be mandatory. Moreover, workplace environmental monitoring should be implemented for indoor firing ranges, and the workers should undergo regularly scheduled special health examinations.
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