[Influence of passive smoking on content of aluminium in pharyngeal tonsils from children living in Southern Poland].

The characteristic of occurrence Al content in pharyngeal tonsils from girls and boys living in Southern Poland is presented in this article. Analysis of content of Al in pharyngeal tonsils was observed in four groups of children: girls exposed to tobacco smoke and unexposed to tobacco smoke, boys exposed to tobacco smoke and unexposed to tobacco smoke. Arithmetic mean of contents of aluminium in pharyngeal tonsils from exposed girls was 15.94+/-8.08 microg/g, in unexposed girls was 14.11+/-5.08 microg/g, in exposed to tobacco smoke boys--16.68+/-11.17 microg/g and unexposed boys 18.08+/-10.56 microg/g was observed. Differences between analysed groups of children were not statistically important. The cross-correlation analysis between content of Al and other metals Ba, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Zn, K, Na showed repeating co-dependences between Al and Fe, Mg and Zn in pharyngeal tonsils from children exposed to tobacco smoke. In unexposed children was only one co-dependence between Al and Ca.