title: Determination of antimony in human blood with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry.
abstract: A method is presented for the determination of antimony in whole human blood samples with an ICP-MS instrument using a quadrupole mass analyzer. A nitric acid/hydrogen peroxide open digestion procedure was employed for the blood sample treatment and preparation for analysis. The precision and accuracy of the method were evaluated by analyzing several Seronorm trace elements whole blood reference materials. The precision of the method at various antimony levels was better than 4% RSD and the recovery was greater than 92% at all levels. The detection limit, calculated as three times the standard deviation of the blank (3sigma, n= 12), was 0.03 microg L(-1). The method was successfully applied for the determination of antimony in blood samples from school children in rural areas of Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa and adults from Dearborn, Michigan. Blood antimony levels ranged from <0.03 to 3.82 microg L(-1) in children and 1.40 to 4.35 microg L(-1) for adults.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan-Dearborn, Department of Natural Sciences, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Michigan, USA48128-1491. abazz@umd.umich.edu
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bazzi
authors.forename: Jerome O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Nriagu
authors.forename: Marcia C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Inhorn
authors.forename: Aaron M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Linder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000965:Antimony / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008824:Michigan; D017942:Nitric Acid; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D017942:Nitric Acid; D000965:Antimony; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide