INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF BLOOD AND HAIR MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN A NORTH-AMERICAN POPULATION EXPOSED TO METHYLMERCURY
INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF BLOOD AND HAIR MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN A NORTH-AMERICAN POPULATION EXPOSED TO METHYLMERCURY
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DOI：
10.1080/00039896.1980.10667486
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发表时间：
1980-01-01
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通讯作者：
WHEATLEY, B
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作者：
PHELPS, RW;CLARKSON, TW;WHEATLEY, B
Samples of blood and head hair were analyzed for organic and inorganic Hg from a population which consumed large amounts of fish contaminated with methylmercury. Hg levels in newly formed hair reflected those in blood with the concentration in hair being approximately 300 times that in blood. Organic and inorganic Hg levels were linearly related in both hair and blood samples, with a mean inorganic/organic ratio of 0.05 in blood and 0.21 in hair, but individual differences existed. The total Hg concentration and inorganic/organic ratio in hair remained constant with time. Longitudinal analysis of hair samples can provide a simple and accurate method of monitoring continuing exposure and an estimation of peak blood levels months to years after exposure.
