title: Determination of cadmium and lead levels in human blood of a general Czech population by GFAAS.
abstract: The development of a method for the direct determination of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in blood samples by GFAAS, is described. Samples were properly diluted by a matrix modifier to enable measuring both analytes in one solution. For the determination of Cd, a matrix-matched, and for the determination of Pb, an aqueous calibration was used. The precision, accuracy, and detection limits of this method are presented. A method is applied to the investigation, of Cd and Pb levels in a general Czech population, selected according to the WHO-MONICA project criteria. To avoid possible contaminations, samples were treated in a clean room class 100.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Korecková-Sysalová
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000097:blood* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood* / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012424:Rural Population; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013696:Temperature; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead