Elemental contents in organs and tissues of Chinese adult men.
OBJECTIVE
To provide basis of reference values for relevant parameters of Chinese Reference Man.


METHODS
Eighteen kinds of major organ or tissue samples, including muscle, rib, liver, and so on, were obtained from 4 areas (Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangsu, and Sichuan provinces) with different dietary patterns in China in autopsy of 16 healthy adult men, who had just encountered sudden deaths. At the same time, whole blood samples were collected from 10 volunteers living in each of these areas. The concentrations of 56 elements in these samples were detected by using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES), and Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (GF-AAS) techniques. Based on obtained concentrations and reference values of these organ or tissue weights for Chinese Reference Man, the relative elemental burdens in these organs or tissues as well whole body were also estimated.


RESULTS
The concentrations of 56 elements in 18 main organs or tissues were determined all together and their elemental organ or tissue and whole body burdens were estimated. Furthermore, the distributions of important elements for radiation protection in these organs or tissues were emphatically discussed.


CONCLUSIONS
By summing with past related results, the total results obtained from the series of research may provide more reliable and better representative basis of these reference values for Chinese Reference Man than before.
Zhu
Hong-Da
HD
Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192.
Wang
Jing-Yu
JY
Wu
Quan
Q
Wang
Nei-Fen
NF
Fan
Ti-Jiang
TJ
Liu
Hu-Sheng
HS
Liu
Qing-Fen
QF
Wang
Xiao-Yan
XY
Ou-Yang
Li
L
Liu
Ya-Qiong
YQ
Xie
Qing
Q
D000328:Adult; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001822:Body Burden; D002681:China; D004602:Elements; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values
D004602:Elements