| Literature DB >> 21964309 |
Anna Pino1, Antonio Amato, Alessandro Alimonti, Daniela Mattei, Beatrice Bocca.
Abstract
As a part of the activities of the first Italian human biomonitoring survey (PROBE - PROgramme for Biomonitoring general population Exposure), a reference population of adolescents, aged 13-15 years, was examined for their exposure to metals. The study included 252 adolescents living in urban areas, representative of Latium Region (Italy) and blood specimens were analyzed for metals (As, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Hg, Ir, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Pd, Pt, Rh, Sb, Sn, Tl, U, V and W) by sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The results obtained will improve the knowledge about the body burden in adolescents and are tentative reference values for Italian young people as a basis for risk evaluation deriving from urban/environmental exposure to metals. Copyright ÂEntities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21964309 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.07.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Hyg Environ Health ISSN： 1438-4639 Impact factor: 5.840