Heavy Metals in Human Hair and
Teeth.
he Correlation with Metal Concentration in the Environment Biological samples were
collected simultaneously with environmental quality investigations. Studies of metal
levels in biological (hair and teeth) and environmental (soil and air) samples were
performed in Zwardon during 1991/1992. Zwardon is a small mountain resort village,
situated on the border pass of Zwardon, in the close proximity of the southwestern border
of Poland. Heavy metal levels in soil, air, and chemical metals forms in the soil were
examined. Pearson" product correlation in soil (for total concentration of heavy
metals and each chemical form) in hair and in teeth was calculated to investigate
bioavailability of heavy metals in human organism. We received essential correlations
simultaneously between: Pb vs Mn in exchangeable form of metal in soil, in teeth and in
soil (total); Cd vs Zn and Mn vs Co in organically bound form in soil and teeth and soil
(total); and Cu vs Zn in all investigated samples (teeth, hair, soil total, and
organically bound form in soil) Mn vs Co and Cr vs Mn in residual form in soil, in teeth,
and in soil (total) and between Co vs Ni for hair, soil (total), and residual form in
soil. Biol Trace Elem Res 1998;62:213-227.
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