THE ANALYSIS OF LEAD, CADMIUM, ZINC, COPPER AND NICKEL CONTENT IN HUMAN BONES FROM THE UPPER SILESIAN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

被引:59
作者
BARANOWSKA, I [1 ]
CZERNICKI, K [1 ]
ALEKSANDROWICZ, R [1 ]
机构
[1] SILESIAN MED UNIV,DEPT NORMAL ANAT,KATOWICE,POLAND
关键词
ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; HUMAN BONE;
D O I
10.1016/0048-9697(95)04218-P
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
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 mug/g to 200 mug/g bone wet weight, cadmium from 0.4 mug/g to 1.5 mug/g bone wet weight. About one-fourth of the bones examined from Silesia, contained lead in the range from 100 mug/g to 200 mug/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.
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