Direct measurement of the mercury content of exhaled air: a new approach for determination of the mercury dose received.
A new rapid technique is presented for determination of the dose of mercury inhaled; it is based on direct measurement of the concentration of mercury in exhaled air by use of a Zeeman mercury spectrometer RA-915+. It has been demonstrated experimentally that the dose received during short-term exposure to mercury vapor is determined more reliably by this method rather than by conventional techniques based on measurement of the mercury content in blood or urine.
Pogarev
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Research Institute of the Earth's Crust, St Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia. hg@lumex.ru
Ryzhov
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Mashyanov
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Sholupov
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Zharskaya
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D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D001944:Breath Tests; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008628:Mercury / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
D008628:Mercury