ANALYSIS OF TRACE METALS, TOTAL LIPIDS, AND CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN BLOOD OF AJAOKUTA STEEL WORKERS

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dc.contributor.authorMAKUN, HUSSAINI ANTHQNY
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-10T11:37:09Z
dc.date.available2014-02-10T11:37:09Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.descriptionThesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA NIGERIA, 1991.en_US
dc.description.abstractSerum concentrations of total lipids, cholesterol, copper, Iron, magnesltim and zinc were determined In eighty-two AJaokuta Steel workers. Blood concentrations of antimony, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, lead, manganese and nickel were also determined in the steel workers. Similar determinations were made for twenty students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, that served as the controls. The mean serum total lipids in the controls (598.75 mg/l00ml) was not significantly (P/0.05) different from the value obtained for the steel workers (568.25 mg/100ml). Similarly, the serum cholesterol levels in controls (206.42 mg/100ml) did not differ significantly (P/0.05) from the levels in the steel workers (183.82 mg/l00ml). There were no significant (P/0.05) differences between the serum copper concentrations In controls (1.26 ppm) and the levels in the steel workers (l.14. ppm). Also, there were no significant (P/0.05) differences observed between the serum magnesium content In controls (26.17 ppm) and the concentrations in steel workers (26.I4.3 ppm). At 5% level of significance serum iron levels in controls (4. 28 ppm) did not differ significantly from iron levels in steel workers (3.62 ppm). However, serum zinc levels in stool workers (1.85 ppm) were significantly (P/O.05) higher than the levels in the controls (0.83 ppm). Arsenic, antnmony, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, lead, manganese and nickel were not detected in the blood of both the steel workers and their controls. Except for the blood zinc concentrations which were significantly elevated in steel-workers as compared to levels in controls, oil other studied parameters were within normal range. The duration, of year of service in the industry did not have any significant (P/0.05) effect on the concentrations of the parameters studied. Similarly sex had no effect on the studied parameters except for serum total l i p i ds which was. s i g n i f i c a n t l y (P/O.O5) higher in the female controls than in the male controls.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/935
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectTRACE METALS,en_US
dc.subjectTOTAL LIPIDS,en_US
dc.subjectCHOLESTEROL,en_US
dc.subjectLEVELS,en_US
dc.subjectBLOOD,en_US
dc.subjectAJAOKUTA,en_US
dc.subjectSTEEL WORKERS.en_US
dc.titleANALYSIS OF TRACE METALS, TOTAL LIPIDS, AND CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN BLOOD OF AJAOKUTA STEEL WORKERSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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