Reference values of hair toxic trace elements content in occupationally non-exposed Russian population

Anatoly V Skalny; Margarita G Skalnaya; Alexey A Tinkov; Eugeny P Serebryansky; Vasily A Demidov; Yulia N Lobanova; Andrei R Grabeklis; Elena S Berezkina; Irina V Gryazeva; Andrey A Skalny; Alexandr A Nikonorov

doi:10.1016/j.etap.2015.05.004

Reference values of hair toxic trace elements content in occupationally non-exposed Russian population

Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2015 Jul;40(1):18-21. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.05.004. Epub 2015 May 18.

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Biotechnology and Applied Bioelementology, Yaroslavl State University, Sovetskaya st., 14, Yaroslavl 150000, Russia; Institute of Bioelementology (Russian Satellite Centre of Trace Element - Institute for UNESCO), Orenburg State University, Pobedy Ave. 13, Orenburg 460352, Russia; Russian Society of Trace Elements in Medicine, ANO "Centre for Biotic Medicine", Zemlyanoy Val St. 46, Moscow 105064, Russia.
² Institute of Bioelementology (Russian Satellite Centre of Trace Element - Institute for UNESCO), Orenburg State University, Pobedy Ave. 13, Orenburg 460352, Russia; Russian Society of Trace Elements in Medicine, ANO "Centre for Biotic Medicine", Zemlyanoy Val St. 46, Moscow 105064, Russia.
³ Laboratory of Biotechnology and Applied Bioelementology, Yaroslavl State University, Sovetskaya st., 14, Yaroslavl 150000, Russia; Department of Biochemistry, Orenburg State Medical University, Sovetskaya St., 6, Orenburg 460000, Russia. Electronic address: tinkov.a.a@gmail.com.
⁴ Russian Society of Trace Elements in Medicine, ANO "Centre for Biotic Medicine", Zemlyanoy Val St. 46, Moscow 105064, Russia.
⁵ Russian Society of Trace Elements in Medicine, ANO "Centre for Biotic Medicine", Zemlyanoy Val St. 46, Moscow 105064, Russia; Federal State Scientific Institution "Institute of Toxicology", Federal Medico-Biological Agency, Bekhtereva str. 1, St. Petersburg 192019, Russia.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry, Orenburg State Medical University, Sovetskaya St., 6, Orenburg 460000, Russia.

PMID: 26056973
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.05.004

Abstract

A total of 5908 occupationally non-exposed adults (4384 women and 1524 men) living in Moscow and Moscow region were involved in the current investigation. Hair Al, As, Be, Bi, Cd, Hg, Li, Ni, Pb, Sn, and Sr content was estimated by inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry using NexION 300D. Men are characterized by significantly higher hair Al, As, Cd, Hg, Li, and Pb content. At the same time, hair levels of Bi, Ni, Sn, and Sr were significantly higher in women. Consequently, the reference ranges were estimated for male, female, and general cohort as coverage intervals in accordance with IUPAC recommendations.

Keywords: Coverage intervals; Hair; IUPAC recommendations; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Reference ranges; Trace elements.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Exposure*
Reference Standards
Russia
Trace Elements / metabolism*
Young Adult

Substances

Trace Elements