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Table 2 Hair platinum levels of participants

From: Occupational exposure of platinum-based anti-cancer drugs: five-year monitoring of hair and environmental samples in a single hospital

 

Number

Hair platinum levels (× 10−3 ngc)

Median (interquartile range)

Min

Max

Variance

Office workers

15

2.17 (1.62–2.85)

1.34

24.56

33.78

All hospital workers (2010–2015)

 Users of PDsa

87

3.24 (2.35–4.42)

0.86

60.43

71.25

 Non-users

48

2.51 (1.61–4.74)

0.73

24.24

22.86

Patientsb

15

213.16 (31.90–627.25)

0

1230.46

150.214

  1. a Platinum-containing drug (PDs) handling within the past 3 months answered in questionnaire
  2. bPatients treated by standard preoperative chemotherapy certified by medical record
  3. cng Nanogram
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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

ISSN: 1745-6673