Mercury in human hair: a study of the residents of Los Alamos, NM, and Pasadena, Calif, by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometry.

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• Personal Author:
  Kadaba MP ; Nord PJ ; Sorenson JR
• Description:
  Investigation of differences in mercury exposure between an industrialized urban population and a non-industrialized suburban population (Pasadena, Calif., and Los Alamos, N. M., respectively) using mercury content of hair as an indicator of exposure. Hair samples were digested in a mixture of nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and potassium permanganate andquantitative mercury recovery revealed concentrations of 18.0 and 18.9 micrograms per gram for Los Alamos men and women, respectively, and 25.0 micrograms per gram for Pasadena women. Results suggest differences in the environmental mercury exposure of the two populations. Since mean values found in this study were higher than those previously reported, the need for a standard reference material for evaluation is suggested. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Analytical-techniques NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Sampling-techniques
• ISSN:
  0003-9896
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40-44
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00020328
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Health 1973 Jul; 27(1):40-44
• Contact Point Address:
  Environmental Health Kettering Laboratory Eden & Bethesda Avenues Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
• CAS Registry Number:
  Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19700901
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental Health
• End Date:
  19790831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1cb26b6a89b7222c82508648843440d52b38010ce94ef413dafcbf82ef98c34d449665b4d26b5e95af02cf026982f675d2dc480ee74d1af2f958d6fde946feb5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183820/cdc_183820_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.12 MB ]