新加坡健康居民头皮头发中的汞含量。

Mercury in scalp hair of healthy Singapore residents.

作者信息

Foo S C, Ngim C H, Phoon W O, Lee J

机构信息

Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore.

出版信息

Sci Total Environ. 1988 Jun 15;72:113-22. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(88)90010-1.

DOI:10.1016/0048-9697(88)90010-1

PMID:3406725

Abstract

Two hundred and twenty-five hair samples (150 Chinese, 44 Malays and 31 Indians) from healthy residents not occupationally exposed to mercury were analyzed by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrophotometry to determine their total, inorganic and organic mercury levels. The arithmetic means of total mercury levels in hair were 6.1, 5.2 and 5.4 ppm for the Chinese, Malays and Indians, respectively. Factors contributing to the amount of mercury in hair, including consumption of fish and marine products, use of traditional ethnic medicines, artificial hair waving, age, sex and ethnicity were analyzed. Fish consumption, sex and ethnicity are factors found to contribute significantly (p less than 0.05) to mercury levels in hair.

摘要

对225份来自未职业接触汞的健康居民的头发样本（150名中国人、44名马来人和31名印度人）进行冷蒸汽原子吸收分光光度法分析，以测定其总汞、无机汞和有机汞水平。中国人、马来人和印度人头发中总汞水平的算术平均值分别为6.1 ppm、5.2 ppm和5.4 ppm。分析了导致头发中汞含量的因素，包括鱼类和海产品的消费、传统民族药物的使用、人工卷发、年龄、性别和种族。发现鱼类消费、性别和种族是导致头发中汞水平显著升高（p小于0.05）的因素。