title: [Concentrations of cadmium in blood and urine and their contents in the hair of children from Katowice Murcki].
abstract: One of the leading positions on the world's list of harmful substances is taken by cadmium, which is a heavy metal. Cadmium (Cd) gets into the human body through either respiratory tract (cigarette smoke) or alimentary canal. The aim of the study was to 1) determine whether the concentrations of cadmium in blood and urine of children from Katowice Murcki--one of the cleanest districts of the town - as well as its contents in the hair of the children exceeds acceptable values and 2) to analyse the effect of chosen environmental factors (exposition to smoke, parents' education) on the amount of cadmium in these materials. The study comprised 48 children at the age from 9-11 years from Katowice Murcki, attending the same primary school. The findings were statistically analysed using Shapiro-Wilk and Wilcoxon test. Concentration of cadmium in the blood was 0.479 microg/l, in urine 0.840 microg/g creatinine and the average concentration in the hair constituted 0.23 microg/g drymass. Concentration of cadmium in the blood of 13 children (30.95%) exceeded acceptable 0.5 microg/l value, while in 10 children (23.25%) value in the urine was exceeded. It was lug/g creatinine. It has been shown that children who lived nearby motorway presented higher content of cadmium in the hair. Environmental factors such as: location of the road and intensity of traffic influence the content of cadmium in the human body.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Pediatrii, Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach. renia@sk6.katowice.pl
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Błach-Legawiec
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Emich-Widera
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bibrzycka
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marszał
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Woś
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D002648:Child; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D012016:Reference Values; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D001335:Vehicle Emissions; D002104:Cadmium