| Hair can be a good biomarker of occupational exposure to mercury vapor: Simulated experiments and field data analysis | |
Ping Li; Xinbin Feng ; Guangle Qiu; Qi Wan
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| 2011 | |
| Source Publication | Science of The Total Environment (IF:4.9[JCR-2016],5.102[5-Year]) |
| Volume | 409Issue:20Pages:4484-4488 |
| Abstract | Generally, urine mercury (U-Hg) is widely used for assessment of inorganic mercury (I-Hg) exposure in humans. The reliability of scalp hair as an indicator of mercury vapor exposure is contentious. However, significant correlations were found between hair total mercury (T-Hg) and U-Hg and between hair I-Hg and total gaseous mercury (TGM) in ambient air in our previous studies. Simulated experiments were designed to assess the contribution of direct absorption/adsorption of mercury vapor in the hair. Results indicated that the increases of hair T-Hg concentrations were less than 1 μg/g, which was negligible compared with hair T-Hg concentrations in occupationally exposed workers. The β-mercaptoethanol washing can remove 30% of mercury (Hg) in the exposed hair samples. The inhaled Hg constituted the major fraction (97.4%) of I-Hg exposure for the artisanal Hg mining workers. From the simulated experiments and field data analysis, we can conclude that hair I-Hg can be a useful tool for monitoring occupational exposure to Hg vapor. |
| Keyword | Hair Occupational Exposure Biomarker Mercury Vapor Washing Effect |
| Subject Area | 环境地球化学 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/352002/6965 |
| Collection | 环境地球化学国家重点实验室_环境地球化学国家重点实验室_期刊论文 环境地球化学国家重点实验室 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Ping Li,Xinbin Feng,Guangle Qiu,et al. Hair can be a good biomarker of occupational exposure to mercury vapor: Simulated experiments and field data analysis[J]. Science of The Total Environment,2011,409(20):4484-4488. |
| APA | Ping Li,Xinbin Feng,Guangle Qiu,&Qi Wan.(2011).Hair can be a good biomarker of occupational exposure to mercury vapor: Simulated experiments and field data analysis.Science of The Total Environment,409(20),4484-4488. |
| MLA | Ping Li,et al."Hair can be a good biomarker of occupational exposure to mercury vapor: Simulated experiments and field data analysis".Science of The Total Environment 409.20(2011):4484-4488. |
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