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Determination of mercury in head hair of Brazilian populational groups by neutron activation analysis

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In the present work, determination of mercury in the head hair of populational groups living near a heavily industrialized region in São Paulo and of Indians living in the Xingu park in the Amazonic region, was carried out by instrumental neutron activation analysis. A control group of people with no suspicion of contamination by mercury was also studied. The range of mercury concentrations found up to now were: for the control group from 0.26 to 02.5 ppm; for the Indians from 6.9 to 34 ppm, and for the industrialized region inhabitants: from 0.30 to 3.0 ppm.

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  1. Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Caixa Postal 11049, CEP 05499, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    M. B. A. Vasconcellos, M. Saiki, G. Paletti & R. M. M. Pinheiro

  2. Departamento de Medicine Preventiva, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Pedro de Toledo, 675, CEP 04039, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    R. G. Baruzzi & R. Spindel

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Vasconcellos, M.B.A., Saiki, M., Paletti, G. et al. Determination of mercury in head hair of Brazilian populational groups by neutron activation analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 179, 369–376 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02040173

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