How suitable are scalp hair and toenail as biomonitors?

Menezes, M. A. B. C.; Pereira-Maia, Elene C.; Albinati, C.; Sabino, C. V. S.; Batista, Jacimaria R.

doi:10.1023/b:jrnc.0000015810.22775.72

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“…The elevated trace element concentrations make hair a suitable specimen for epidemiological studies and potentially for diagnostic considerations (e.g., Attar et al 1990). Consequently, trace element analyses of human and animal hair have become a powerful tool in environmental impact history studies, veterinary medicine and forensic investigations (Ahmed and Elmubarak 1991;Folin et al 1991;Alhashimi 1994;Batzevich 1995;Bertazzo et al 1996;Ali et al 1997;Dong et al 1998;Abugassa et al 1999;Sakai et al 2000;Asano et al 2002;Hasan et al 2004;Menezes et al 2004;Rashed and Soltan 2005). Such applications have also been tested on archaeological hair samples, such as ancient Peruvian mummy hair (Wolfsperger et al 1993) or prehispanic hair samples from Gran Canaria (Gonzales-Reimers et al 1991).…”

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Provenance of Ancient Textiles—a Pilot Study Evaluating the Strontium Isotope System in Wool*

Frei

Mannering

et al. 2009

Archaeometry

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Strontium isotopes are used in archaeology to reconstruct human and animal migration routes. We present results of a pilot study applying strontium isotope analyses to modern sheep hair as a basis for its potential use as a provenance tracer for ancient woollen textiles. Our hydrofluoric acid‐based, lipid soluble analytical protocol, also tested on a number of ancient textile fibres, allows for contamination‐free, low blank strontium isotope analysis of minimal amounts of archaeological material. 87Sr/86Sr ratios of decontaminated sheep hair agree well with the compositions of biologically available (soluble) strontium fractions from the respective feeding ground soils, a translatable requirement for any potentially successful provenance tracing applied to wool textiles.

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Provenance of Ancient Textiles—a Pilot Study Evaluating the Strontium Isotope System in Wool*

Frei

Mannering

et al. 2009

Archaeometry

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“…Various different techniques such as neutron activation analysis (NAA; Abugassa et al 1999;Faghihian and Rahbarnia 2002;Lin and Henkelmann 2003;Menezes et al 2004), atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS; Sturaro et al 1993), and atomic emission spectrometry (AES; Asfaw and Wibetoe 2004;Matusiewicz and Kopras 2003) have been employed in the detection of trace metals presented in human hair. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry is also applied to hair analysis (Dede et al 2001;Kolmogorov et al 2000), although the determination of some trace elements, such Pb, Ni, Mn, and Cr, produces particular difficulties.…”

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Determination of nickel, copper, zinc and lead in human scalp hair in Syrian occupationally exposed workers by total reflection X-ray fluorescence

Khuder

Bakir

Hasan

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Environ Monit Assess

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The concentrations of Ni, Cu, Zn, and Pb in human scalp hair of 281 individuals working in 10 Syrian industrial plants were determined using co-precipitation by ammoniumpyrolidinedithiocarbamate (APDC) method for total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) analysis. The results were compared to data obtained for a control group consisted of individuals working at the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission and also to data reported in the literature. The results given by the group of workers in battery plant showed that Pb concentration in human scalp hair samples were higher than those for control group, while some abnormal concentrations were obtained for Cu, Zn and Ni in cables, printing and battery plants, respectively. Normal concentrations of these elements were obtained for hair workers in olive oil, power stations, textile, and iron industrial plants. The relationships of Pb-Pb/Ni and Cu-Cu/Ni were plotted with correlation coefficients of 0.9937 and 0.9014, respectively. In general, the results showed that, the workers who were occupationally exposed to battery industrial pollution are at risk, followed by individuals in printing and cables industries, while the rest of workers in other industries are considered occupationally unexposed.

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“…All samples were stored in zinc-free, polypropylene containers until analysis. Samples were washed 14 following the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommendations, that consists of washing each sample in a clean beaker with mechanical agitation and 25mL portions of, successively, water, acetone, water, water, acetone, water, decanting the wash liquid after a 10-minute wash. This procedure is published in an IAEA report, IAEA/ RL/50, 1978, by Y.S.…”

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Plasma zinc and hair zinc levels, anthropometric status and food intake of children in a rural area of Brazil

2010

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Plasma zinc and hair zinc levels, anthropometric status and food intake of children in a rural area of Brazil A B S T R A C T ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to investigate the levels of plasma zinc, hair zinc, growth and food consumption in children aged 6 to 24 months in a rural area of Diamantina (MG), Brazil. MethodsPlasma and hair zinc concentrations were analyzed using flame atomic absorption spectrometry and neutron activation analysis, respectively. Weight-for-age, weight-for-height and height-for-age, expressed as Z-scores, were measured according to the World Health Organization reference curves. Dietary zinc intake was determined by a 3-day dietary recall filled out by the mother or guardian. ResultsZinc deficiency was found in 11.2% and 16.8% of the children according to plasma zinc e hair zinc levels, respectively. Mean plasma zinc and hair zinc for children ≤11 (49) and >11 (127)

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How suitable are scalp hair and toenail as biomonitors?

Cited by 20 publications

References 11 publications

Provenance of Ancient Textiles—a Pilot Study Evaluating the Strontium Isotope System in Wool*

Provenance of Ancient Textiles—a Pilot Study Evaluating the Strontium Isotope System in Wool*

Determination of nickel, copper, zinc and lead in human scalp hair in Syrian occupationally exposed workers by total reflection X-ray fluorescence

Plasma zinc and hair zinc levels, anthropometric status and food intake of children in a rural area of Brazil

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