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Relationships in Cd, Hg, Pb and Zn Concentrations Between Hair and Internal Organs of Korean  

유영찬 (국립과학수사연구소)
이상기 (국립과학수사연구소)
양자열 (국립과학수사연구소)
김기욱 (국립과학수사연구소)
이수연 (국립과학수사연구소)
정규혁 (성균관대학교 약학부)
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Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology / v.17, no.1, 2002 , pp. 21-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to study the relationships between trace element concentrations of hair and internal organs, autopsy samples of hair, liver, kidney cortex, kidney medulla, heart, lung, spleen, cerebrum, testis and bone from 162 Korean subjects were analyzed for Cd, Hg, Pb and Zn by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. High significant positive correlations were found between the Cd concentration in hair and bone and Pb in hair and lung. Hair Hg levels were highly significantly correlated with organ Hg levels in the liver, kidney cortex, kidney medulla, heart, lung, spleen, cerebrum, testis and bone. And hair Zn levels were highly significantly correlated with organ Zn levels in the kidney cortex, kidney medulla, spleen, testis and bone.
Keywords
Hair; Internal organs; Trace elements; Relationship; Korean;
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