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Trace element levels in whole blood and serum from Swedish adolescents

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 286; Issue: 1-3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0048-9697(01)00970-6

1879-1026

Ebba Bárány, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Lars‐Eric Bratteby, Thomas Lundh, Gösta Samuelson, Andrejs Schütz, Staffan Skerfving, Agneta Oskarsson,

Trace Elements in Health

Blood and serum samples from 372 15-year-old adolescents were collected in two cities in Sweden and analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The objective was to (1) determine the levels of 13 elements in blood and serum from the teenagers; and (2) for each element, investigate the correlation between the concentrations in blood and serum. The concentrations in blood and serum were generally in line with that usually reported for the essential elements Co, Cu, Zn and Se, and generally low for the 'non-essential' elements Cd, Hg, Pb. The median concentrations were in blood and serum, respectively: of Co 0.31 and 0.48 μg/l, Cu 0.92 and 1.0 mg/l, Zn 6.1 and 0.99 mg/l, Se 110 and 100 μg/l, Rb 2.8 and 0.24 mg/l, Hg 1.1 and 0.44 μg/l, Pb 16 and 0.33 μg/l. The median concentration of W in blood was <0.2 μg/l (below the detection limit) and in serum 0.087 μg/l. The median concentrations of Cd, Rh, Pd, Pt and Tl were below the detection limits. Statistically significant correlations were found between the concentrations in blood and serum for Co, Cu, Zn, Se, Rb, W, Hg and Pb. The levels presented in this study constitute baseline levels or levels generally not exceeded in adolescents for 13 elements, including essential, ubiquitous toxic, and rare elements.