Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 143, Issue 2, Pages 815-824Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8947-z
Keywords
Hair; Trace elements; Reference values; Children; ICP-MS
Funding
- Secretaria de Saude do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul [Convenio 020/05]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico-CNPq [(MCT/CNPq 06/2008)0]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP)
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The aim of this study was to establish background values for toxic and essential elements in hair, interelement correlations and the differences in levels between genders in a healthy young population from Southern Brazil. Hair samples (n = 167) were collected from healthy students aged 12-18 years. Trace element concentrations in hair were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The study provided relatively low values for toxic elements and balanced concentrations for the essential elements in the adolescents' hair with reliable reference data. Interestingly, this study also demonstrated statistical correlations considered newfound between the elements in hair. Hair mercury levels were influenced by gender; with males presenting higher values. The overall findings of the present study, with respect to the estimated chemical elements, are of prime importance in the evaluation of reference values for determining environmental effects on children living in urban areas.
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