Studies investigating the correlation between metal content in water and metal levels in
children are scarce worldwide, but especially in developing nations. Therefore, this study …

High concentration of mercury (Hg) in hair has been reported for Cambodians. To confirm
the Hg contamination occurring through intake, Hg concentrations were determined in both …

Object: Smoking is a major risk factor for the development and progression of cardiovascular
disease and cigarettes contain a slight amount of mercury. Mercury has been causally linked …

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the environmental and occupational exposure to
mercury (Hg), and to examine the various parameters, which contribute to high levels of …

Africa's economy is growing faster than any other continent and it has been estimated that
the middle class in Africa now exceeds 350 million people. This has meant a parallel …

As with many cities all over the world with active industrial developments, the city of Penang
in Malaysia has also the potential of being exposed to industrial pollution. Such exposure …

Human nails are an attractive matrix for assessing environmental exposures to toxic
elements as well as the deficiency of essential elements since it is noninvasively collected …

Effective biomarkers are necessary to better understand the human mercury (Hg) exposure
levels. However, mismatched biomarker sampling method causes extra uncertainty in …

The aim of the present work was to investigate the exposure to lead from various sources by
investigation of mineral composition of human scalp hair. The research was carried out on …

Samples of hair collected in 2004-2007 from 416 persons living in Central Pomerania were
analyzed. The subjects donating hair represented a vast spectrum of age, from a tenmonth …