Distribution of 23 elements in the kidney,liver and lungs of workers from a smeltery and refinery in north Sweden exposed to a number of elements and of a control group |
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Authors: | D Brune G Nordberg PO Wester |
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Affiliation: | NIOM, Scandinavian Institute of Dental Materials, Oslo 3 Norway;Department of Environmental Hygiene, University of Umeå, Umeå Sweden;Department of Medicine, University of Umeå, Umeå Sweden |
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Abstract: | The levels of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, caesium, chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, iron, lanthanum, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, phosphorus, rubidium, scandium, selenium, silver, tellurium, tin, tungsten and zinc in the kidney, liver and lungs of autopsy specimens from exposed workers in North Sweden, as well as from a control group, have been assayed quantitatively. The workers had been exposed to several elements and their compounds, e.g. lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium, for long periods in arsenic, lead or selenium plants and in a lead or copper smelter.The chemical analysis was by neutron activation analysis and atomic absorption spectrophotometry.Median levels of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, lanthanum, lead or selenium in kidney, liver or lungs in the exposed worker group were found to be about 2 to 16 times as great as the corresponding levels for the control group. Long biological half-life values were observed for these elements, especially in lung tissue. |
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