Lead and cadmium content in human hair in Central Pomerania (Northern Poland)

Association between essential trace and toxic elements in scalp hair samples of smokers rheumatoid arthritis subjects

“…We propose that essential and toxic elemental measurements may be performed on patients reaching in the emergency department, to test whether the concentration of it may serve not only as markers of rheumatoid arthritis and its remedies but also as predictors of adverse outcomes. The concentrations of essential trace and toxic elements in scalp hair samples of the Irish referent subjects were close to those reported from other European (Rodushkin and Axelsson, 2000;Reilly and Harrison, 1979;Nowak and Chmielnicka, 2000;Trojanowski et al, 2010;Sturaro et al, 1993;Goulle et al, 2005), American (Nagra et al, 1992;Ryan et al, 1978;Saiki et al, 2008;DeAntonlo et al, 1982) and Australian (McKenzie, 1979) countries (Table 7). The ele-mental concentrations of Cd and Pb in Pakistani referents were al-most higher than in European countries, which is in agreement with the studies which were done in Asian (Pasha et al, 2008(Pasha et al, , 2010Shah et al, 2006;Khalique et al, 2005;Vishwanathan et al, 2002;Sukumar and Subramanian, 2003;Mehra and Juneja, 2005;Rao et al, 2002;Ashrafur et al, 2009;Sasmaz et al, 2003;Ulvi et al, 2002;Faghihian and Rahbarnia, 2002;Man and Zheng, 2002;Man et al, 1996;Sandstead et al, 1998), African (Nnorom et al, 2005;Hashem and Abed, 2007;Khuder et al, 2008;Eltayeb and Van-Grieken, 1989;Mortada et al, 2002) countries (Table 7).…”

Interaction Between Zinc, Cadmium, and Lead in Scalp Hair Samples of Pakistani and Irish Smokers Rheumatoid Arthritis Subjects in Relation to Controls

“…This is the first study with comprehensive data on toxic and essential elements in the scalp hair samples of male rheumatoid arthritis and referent smokers and non-smokers subjects of two countries (Pakistan and Ireland). The con-centrations of essential trace and toxic elements in scalp hair samples of the Irish referent subjects were close to those reported from other European [36][37][38][39][40][41][42], American [43][44][45], and Australian [46] countries (Table 7). The elemental con-centrations of Cd and Pb in Pakistani referents were almost higher than in European countries, which are in agreement with the studies carried out in Asian [2,[47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] and African countries [60][61][62][63][64] (Table 7).…”

Comparative Metal Distribution in Scalp Hair of Pakistani and Irish Referents and Hypertensive Patients

“…This is the first study with comprehensive data on toxic and essential elements in the scalp hair samples of hypertensive and referent subjects of two countries (Pakistan and Ireland). The concentrations of essential trace and toxic elements in scalp hair samples of the Irish referent subjects were close to those reported from other European [32][33][34][35][36][37][38], American [39][40][41][42], and Australian [43] countries (Table 9). The elemental concentrations of Cd, Pb, and Ni in Pakistani referents were almost higher than in European countries, which is in agreement with the studies which were done in Asian [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58] and African [59][60][61][62][63] countries (Table 9).…”