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Mapping of ecologically unfavorable territories based on human hair composition

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As was shown (1), analysis of human hair on the population level and mapping of large territories using hair elemental composition are promising approaches for estimation of both the environmental situation and the population health status. In (1,2) the map of Uzbekistan (sampling in 1981) was discussed. Ten years later (1991), samples from the territory in the vicinity of the drying out Aral Sea were taken again. Samples were analyzed for 24 elements using instrumental neutron activation analysis. Comparison of the data and maps drawn for 1981 and 1991 and their comparison with changes of the health status have shown that repeated mapping of territories using data on human hair elemental composition could be used in medical geography, especially for prediction of health status changes in ecologically unfavorable areas.

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    A. A. Kist, L. I. Zhuk, E. A. Danilova & I. N. Mikholskaya

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Kist, A.A., Zhuk, L.I., Danilova, E.A. et al. Mapping of ecologically unfavorable territories based on human hair composition. Biol Trace Elem Res 64, 1–12 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02783320

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