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Hair element concentrations in females in one acid and one alkaline area in southern Sweden.

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Summary, in English

Concentrations of 34 trace elements in hair have been determined in 47 females from an acid region in southern Sweden, who were compared with 43 females from an alkaline area. The concentrations of these elements in hair and drinking water were determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The hair concentrations of boron and barium were significantly higher (p < 0.001) in hair samples from the acid region, the hair levels of calcium, strontium, molybdenum, iron, and selenium were significantly higher (p < 0.001), in the alkaline region. For some metals, e.g. calcium, lead, molybdenum, and strontium, there were positive correlations between the concentrations in hair and water (r(s) = 0.34-0.57; p less than or equal to 0.001), indicating the importance of intake from minerals in water. The increased ratio of selenium/mercury concentrations in hair samples obtained in the alkaline district (p < 0.001) indicates that these subjects may have better protection against the toxic effects of mercury.

Publiceringsår

2003

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

440-446

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Ambio: a Journal of Human Environment

Volym

32

Issue

7

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0044-7447