John W
Sci Total Environ. 1983 Mar;27(1):21-32. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(83)90119-5.
Trace element concentrations in human blood from the U.K., measured by Hamilton et al., are found to be correlated to those of atmospheric aerosol from the U.K., or to an aerosol composition averaged over the globe. The correlation to aerosol is much stronger than to crustal rock or sea water. Elemental enrichment factors for blood are all equal to or greater than those for aerosol. Two possible reasons for the correlation are advanced: aerosol is probably a major source of the trace elements which enter the food chain, and aerosol samples the earth's surface where the food chain originates. The present finding suggests that aerosol plays a major role in the global cycling of the trace elements which enter the blood, with important implications for human health.
汉密尔顿等人测定的英国人体血液中的微量元素浓度，被发现与英国大气气溶胶中的浓度相关，或者与全球平均气溶胶成分相关。与气溶胶的相关性比与地壳岩石或海水的相关性要强得多。血液的元素富集因子都等于或大于气溶胶的。提出了两种可能的相关原因：气溶胶可能是进入食物链的微量元素的主要来源，并且气溶胶对食物链起源的地球表面进行了采样。目前的研究结果表明，气溶胶在进入血液的微量元素的全球循环中起主要作用，对人类健康具有重要意义。
