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Radioactivation analysis of hair a means of biological monitoring of the environment

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With the aim of indicating environmental pollution effects by heavy metals on humans using hair, nondestructive activation analysis was applied to 382 normal Japanese hair samples (background level). Elemental contents of hair could be determined for Ag, Al, As, Br, Ca, Cd, Cl, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, I, K, La, Mg, Mn, Na, S, Sb, Sc, Se, Sm, Ti, V and Zn. As these elements in hair have wide concentration ranges, the differences in concentrations distribution between groups (sex, age, permanent treatment and regional difference) are discussed. A method for hair sampling is presented.

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  1. Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 1-3-69, Higashinari-ku, 537, Osaka, (Japan)

    S. Ohmori

  2. Faculty of Science, Konan University, 658, Kobe, (Japan)

    H. Tsuji & Y. Kusaka

  3. Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, 590-04, Osaka, (Japan)

    T. Takeuchi, T. Hayashi, J. Takada & M. Koyama

  4. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 930-01, Toyama, (Japan)

    H. Kozuka

  5. Kobe Women's College of Pharmacy, 658, Kobe, (Japan)

    M. Shinogi

  6. Faculty of Technology, Kyoto Prefectural University, 606, Kyoto, (Japan)

    A. Aoki

  7. Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, (Japan)

    K. Katayama

  8. Okayama College of Science, 700, Okayama, (Japan)

    T. Tomiyama

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Ohmori, S., Tsuji, H., Kusaka, Y. et al. Radioactivation analysis of hair a means of biological monitoring of the environment. J. Radioanal. Chem. 63, 269–282 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02522213

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