HUBUNGAN KADAR TIMBAL DALAM DARAH TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH PADA PENGENDARA SEPEDA MOTOR KARYAWAN PMI KOTA SURAKARTA

Cahyaningsih, Cahyaningsih (2022) HUBUNGAN KADAR TIMBAL DALAM DARAH TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH PADA PENGENDARA SEPEDA MOTOR KARYAWAN PMI KOTA SURAKARTA. Other thesis, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Nasional.

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Abstract

An increase in the number of vehicles can cause air pollution. Heavy metal lead is produced from incomplete combustion in motor vehicles. Lead can enter the body through the respiratory tract. A further impact of lead poisoning can cause hypertension. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between blood lead levels and blood pressure in motorcycle riders of PMI Surakarta City employees. This type of research is analytic observational with purpose sampling technique. The study was conducted at the PMI Clinical Laboratory in Surakarta City for sampling and checking blood pressure. The blood lead level was checked at the Yogyakarta Health Laboratory Center (BLK) using the Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer method. The results of measuring blood lead levels from 20 respondents were within the normal limit, which is less than 10 g/dL. Systolic blood pressure measurement results: 11 respondents within normal limits and 9 less than normal. while the results of diastolic blood pressure: 8 respondents within normal limits, 8 respondents less than normal and 4 respondents more than normalnormal. Pearson product moment correlation test showed that there was no relationship between blood lead levels and blood pressure of motorcycle riders of employees Of Indonesian Red Cross Surakarta City

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