Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Volume 15 Issue 1
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- Pages.75-82
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- 1982
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- 1975-8375(pISSN)
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- 2233-4521(eISSN)
Mercury Contents in Normal Blood of Koreans
우리나라 정상인의 혈중 수은량
- Kim, Yong-Sun (Department of Preventive Medicineand Community Health, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) ;
- Chung, Kyou-Chull (Department of Preventive Medicineand Community Health, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
- Published : 1982.10.01
Abstract
Normal range of mercury contents in blood and its relationship with urinary mercury excretion were studies with 68 healthy male adults living in Seoul city, who had no obvious evidence of .either occupational exposure to mercury or therapeutic use of mercurial agents. Mercury analysis was made by means of dithizone colorimetric method with coefficient of variation of 10.9% in .an average ranging from 5.1% to 18.0%. 1. Mercury contents in normal human blood were both normally and log-normally distributed, and better fitted to the latter. 2. Geometric mean and standard deviation of the mercury contents were
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