Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering (환경위생공학)
- Volume 3 Issue 1 Serial No. 4
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- Pages.75-85
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- 1988
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- 2005-5889(pISSN)
Studies on Trace Metal Levels of Korean Scalp Hair
한국인 모발중의 미량금속 함량에 관한 연구
- Cho Yun-Syng (Dept. of Environmental Health Research National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
- Kim Dae-Seon (Dept. of Environmental Health Research National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
- Cho Jae-Hong (Dept. of Environmental Health Research National Institute of Environmental Research)
- Published : 1988.05.01
Abstract
An atomic absorption spectrophotometry analysis study of zinc, cadimium, lead, copper and mercury in human scalp hair samples of 699 subjects in 3 urban and 4 rural communities gave mean values of 170.33/187.00 ppm, 0.18/0.22 ppm, 8.43/8.62 ppm, 9.81/10.24 ppm and 2.13/1.20 ppm for male and female, respectively. The concentration did not differ significantly regardless ages. However, female was higher than male in overall concentration except that of mercury. The percentile methods was partially applied for a reference values of metals in Korean scalp hair to provide more appropriate data for further comparisons.
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