Brune D, Nordberg G, Wester P O
Sci Total Environ. 1980 Sep;16(1):13-35. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(80)90100-x.
The levels of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, caesium, chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, iron, lanthanum, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, phosphorus, rubidium, scandium, selenium, silver, tellurium, tin, tungsten and zinc in the kidney, liver and lungs of autopsy specimens from exposed workers in North Sweden, as well as from a control group, have been assayed quantitatively. The workers had been exposed to several elements and their compounds, e.g. lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium, for long periods in arsenic, lead or selenium plants and in a lead or copper smelter. The chemical analysis was by neutron activation analysis and atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Median levels of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium cobalt, lanthanum, lead or selenium in kidney, liver or lungs in the exposed worker group were found to be about 2 to 16 times as great as the corresponding levels for the control group. Long biological half-life values were observed for these elements, especially in lung tissue.
对瑞典北部接触有害物质的工人以及对照组的尸检标本的肾脏、肝脏和肺中的锑、砷、镉、铯、铬、钴、铜、金、铁、镧、铅、锰、汞、钼、磷、铷、钪、硒、银、碲、锡、钨和锌的含量进行了定量分析。这些工人长期在砷、铅或硒工厂以及铅或铜冶炼厂接触多种元素及其化合物，如铅、汞、砷和镉。化学分析采用中子活化分析和原子吸收分光光度法。结果发现，接触有害物质的工人群体的肾脏、肝脏或肺中的锑、砷、镉、铬、钴、镧、铅或硒的含量中值约为对照组相应含量的2至16倍。观察到这些元素具有较长的生物半衰期值，尤其是在肺组织中。
