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The analysis of lead, cadmium, zinc, copper and nickel content in human bones from the upper Silesian industrial district.
- Source :
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The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 1995 Jan 10; Vol. 159 (2-3), pp. 155-62. - Publication Year :
- 1995
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Abstract
- The concentration of lead, cadmium, zinc, copper and nickel in autopsy samples of bones from adults living in the Upper Silesian industrial district (Poland)--an ecological disaster region--was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry (flame and flameless GF AAS). Lead concentrations ranged from 20 micrograms/g to 200 micrograms/g bone wet weight, cadmium from 0.4 microgram/g to 1.5 micrograms/g bone wet weight. About one-fourth of the bones examined from Silesia, contained lead in the range from 100 micrograms/g to 200 micrograms/g. The were no significant differences in zinc, copper and nickel concentration between the control groups. The samples were mineralized in a microwave digestion system. To avoid anomalous results caused by the influence of the matrix Ca3 (PO4)2--the procedure of lead determination was carried out at a temperature of 2000 degrees C, the cadmium determination at a temperature of about 1200 degrees C.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0048-9697
- Volume :
- 159
- Issue :
- 2-3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Science of the total environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7878447
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(95)04218-p