title: Hair mercury content among residents of Cumana, Venezuela.
abstract: Mercury in scalp hair of 135 individuals (65 males, 70 females) between the ages of 6 and 61 residing in Cumaná, Venezuela, were determined by cold vapour atomic absorption. The average hair mercury content was 2.01 +/- 0.51 ppm, with a range of 0.42-6.08 ppm. The differences in the distribution of Hg in the hair of male and female subjects were insignificant. Hair mercury content was not correlated with age.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014687:Venezuela
chemical_list: D008628:Mercury