Heavy metal content in scalp hair of the inhabitants near Dexing Copper Mine, Jiangxi Province, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 780-788

  Ni, Shan Qin ^a   Li, Rui Ping ^a   Wang, An Jian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

environmental biomonitoring; heavy metal content; heavy metal source; mining activities; scalp hair

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL CONTENT; HEAVY METAL SOURCE; MINING ACTIVITIES; SCALP HAIR;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPPER MINES; HEAVY WATER; MANGANESE; METALS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

BIOMONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CHINA; JIANGXI;

EID: 79955063029     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4194-1     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Chojnacka K, Górecka H, Chojnacki A, et al. Inter-element interactions in human hair. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol, 2005, 20: 368-374.
2. Barbosa J F, Tanus-Santos J E, Gerlach R F, et al. A critical review of biomarkers used for monitoring human exposure to lead: Advantages, limitations, and future needs. Environ Health Perspect, 2005, 113: 1669-1674.
3. Angerer J, Eweres U, Wihelm M. Human biomonitoring: State of art. Int J Hyg Environ Health, 2007, 210: 201-228.
4. Zhang H, Chai Z, Sun H. Human hair as a potential biomonitor for assessing persistent organic pollutants. Environ Int, 2007, 33: 685-693.
5. Krishna P and Shrestha A O. Trace elements in hair of epileptic and normal subjects. Sci Total Environ, 1987, 67: 215-225.
6. Ahmed A F M, Elmubarak, A H. Assessment of trace elements in hair of Saudi Arabian suburban adult male population. Environ Technol, 1990, 12: 387-392.
7. MacPherson A, Bacso J. Relationship of hair calcium concentration to incidence of coronary heart disease. Sci Total Environ, 2000, 255: 11-19.
8. Hintz H F. Hair analysis as an indicator of nutritional status. J Equine Vet Sci, 2001, 21: 199.
9. Sanna E, Liguori A, Palmas L, et al. Blood and hair lead levels in boys and girls living in two Sardinian towns at different risks of lead pollution. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 2003, 55: 293-299.
10. Rivai I F. Heavy metals in human hair related to age groups and automotive pollution. levels of Bandarlampung city, Indonesia. Bull Environ ContamToxicol, 2001, 66: 443-448.
11. Vishwanathan H, Hema A, Deepa E, et al. Trace metal concentration in scalp hair of occupationally exposed autodrivers. Environ Monit Asses, 2002, 77: 149-154.
12. Wilhelm M, Pesch A, Rostek U, et al. Concentrations of lead in blood, hair and saliva of German children living in three different areas of traffic density. Sci Total Environ, 2002, 297: 109-118.
13. Khalique A, Ahmad S, Anjum T, et al. A comparative study based on gender and age dependence of selected metals in scalp hair. Environ Monit Assess, 2005, 104: 45-57.
14. He M C, Wang Z J, Tang H X. Pollution and ecological risk assessment for heavy metals in sediments of Le'an River (in Chinese). Acta Sci Circumst, 1999, 20: 7-10.
15. Yan C, Yu G W. Main ecological environment problems from mine development and its prevention suggestion (in Chinese). Chin J Geol Hazard Control, 2003, 14: 111-114.
16. Zeng F P, Xiao H Y, Zhou W B. Spatial and temporal variations and their source analysis of copper, lead and zinc in riverwaters and sediments of the Le'an River (in Chinese). Environ Sci Res, 2007, 20: 14-19.
17. Wang Y H, Li Q, Li X F. The research of the relationship between heavy metal pollution and trace elements contents in hair of children (in Chinese). Environ Expl, 1999, 14: 23-25.
18. Shah M H, Shaheen N, Khalique A, et al. Comparative metal distribution in hair of Pakistani and Libyan population and source identification by multivariate analysis. Environ Monit Asses, 2006, 114: 505-519.
19. Takagi A, Matsuda S, Imai S, et al. Trace elements in human hair: An international comparison. Bull Environ Contain Toxicol, 1986, 36: 793-800.
20. Caroli S, Senofonte O, Violante N, et al. Assessment of reference values for elements in hair of urban normal subjects. Microchem J, 1992, 46: 174-183.
21. Oluwole A F, Ojo J O, Durosinmi M A, et al. Elemental composition of head hair and fingernails of some Nigerian subjects. Biol Trace Elem Res, 1994, 43-45: 443-452.
22. Wang Thanh, Fu J J, Wang Y W, et al. Use of scalp hair as indicator of human exposure to heavy metals in an electronic waste recycling area. Environ Poll, 2009, 157: 2445-2451.
23. Lombeck I, Wilhelm M, Hafner D, et al. Hair zinc of young children from rural and urban areas in North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany. Eur J Pediatr, 1988, 147: 179-183.
24. Tan J A. Environmental Life Elements and Keshan Disease (in Chinese). Beijing: China Medical Science Press, 1996.
25. Chu N, Zhao Y Y, Zhan G D, et al. Environmental trait of speciations of heavy metals in low-grade ore plot and soil of the dawu river domain in the Dexing Copper Mine, Jiangxi Province (in Chinese). Acta Geol Sin, 2007, 81: 670-683.
26. Hu Q H, Zhu J C, Pan X G. Biological geochemistry and selenium in food chain(in Chinese). Rural Ecol Environ, 2000, 16: 54-57.
27. Santos M H S, Cunha N T, Bianchini A. Effects of copper and zinc on growth, feeding and oxygen consumption of Farfantepenaeus paulensis postlarvae (Decapoda: Penaeidae). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol, 2000, 247: 233-242.
28. Zhang C X, Jiang Z Q. Research progress in Antagonistic action of zinc, selenium against the toxicity of lead (in Chinese). China Public Health, 2001, 17: 1147-1148.
29. Chen S B, Hua L, Bai Y L, et al. Ntagonistic effects of cadmium on zinc in wheat grain and amelioration effect of organic manure (in Chinese). Ecol Environ, 2003, 12: 15-18.
30. He P P, Lu X Z, Wang G Y. Effects of Se and Zn supplementation on the antagonism against Pb and Cd in vegetables. Environ Int, 2004, 30: 167-172.
31. Samanta G, Sharma R, Roychowdhury T, et al. Arsenic and other elements in hair, nails, and skin-scales of arsenic victims in West Bengal, India. Sci Total Environ, 2004, 326: 33-47.
32. 2+ on the Macrobrachium nipponense (in Chinese). J Shanghai Fisheries Univ, 2007, 16: 549-554.
33. Jarvis J C, Jones L H P, Hopper M J. Cadmium uptake from solution by plants and its transport from roots to shouts. Plant Soil, 1976, 15: 179-191.
34. Hopke P K. Factor and Correlation analysis of multivariate environmental data. In: Hewitt C N, ed. Methods of Environmental Data Analysis. London: Elsevier Applied Sciences, 1992. 139-180.
35. Sun W X, Zhao Y C, Huang B, et al. Spatial variability of selenium in soil environment and its correlation with human health in the Yangtze river delta of China (in Chinese). Resour Environ Yangze Basin, 2008, 17: 113-118.