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Elemental Concentrations in Hair of Inhabitants of a Cadmium-Polluted Area

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Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences

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To investigate the present situation of inhabitants living in the cadmium-polluted area of Toyama Prefecture, 95 hair samples were analyzed instramentally by the neutron activation method. The concentrations were compared with nonpolluted samples. The concentrations of Cd, Cu, Zn, and Cu/Zn in hair were compared with those in some reported organs. The values of Cu/Zn were significantly lower (p< 0.001) in hair of both female groups, but only somewhat lower (p<0.05) in hair of the male group. Causes of these facts are discussed. Results obtained from principal component analysis are also mentioned.

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  1. Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-04, Japan

    T. Takeuchi & Y. Nakano

  2. Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, 606, Japan

    A. Aoki

  3. Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, 537, Japan

    S. Ohmori

  4. Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, 930-04, Japan

    M. Kasuya

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  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

    Rolf Zeisler

  2. University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

    Vincent P. Guinn

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Takeuchi, T., Nakano, Y., Aoki, A., Ohmori, S., Kasuya, M. (1990). Elemental Concentrations in Hair of Inhabitants of a Cadmium-Polluted Area. In: Zeisler, R., Guinn, V.P. (eds) Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0473-2_29

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