1. Correlation Between Total Mercury and Methyl Mercury-In Whole Blood of South Korean
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Jeongae Lee, Jiwon On, Dayoung Chung, Heesoo Pyo, Myeong Hee Moon, and Jung Seon A
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Detection limit ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Chromatography ,chemistry ,Group ii ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Chemistry ,Derivatization ,Mercury (element) ,Whole blood - Abstract
In this study, total mercury and methyl mercury in whole blood of Korean was analyzed so as to investigate the correlation between total mercury (T-Hg) and methyl mercury (Me-Hg). 4000 whole blood samples were divided in four groups, according to T-Hg concentration in percentile: group I (p25-p50), group II (p50-p75), group III (p75-p95) and group IV (p95-p100). 100 samples were randomly selected from the each group, and Me-Hg concentration was measured. T-Hg concentration in whole blood was analyzed using a Direct Mercury Analyzer-80 and obtained limit of detection (LOD) was 0.2 µgL �1 . Me-Hg concentration was analyzed with ethylate derivatization using headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and obtained LOD of methyl mercury was 0.5 µgL �1 . The geometric means of T-Hg and Me-Hg were 6.35 µgL �1 and 4.44 µgL �1 , respectively, and 71.91% of T-Hg was presented as Me-Hg.
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- 2013
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