title: [Determination of major elements in soil from cancer village by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry].
abstract: Many social problems arise from environmental pollution, cancer village is one of the many important problems caused by pollution. The authors selected a typical cancer village where 80-100 people died of cancer in the last five years, but there are only a total of 1 200 people in this village. The authors sampled soils from crops-planted areas and detected the major elements by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The results showed that the contents of SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MnO, MgO, CaO, Na2O, K2O and P2O5 in soil of this village were 66.05%, 0.66%, 11.37%, 3.93%, 0.075%, 1.97%, 5.47%, 1.90%, 2.11% and 0.20% respectively; with the precision being +/- 0.20%, +/- 0.005%, +/- 0.10%, +/- 0.10%, +/- 0.005%, +/- 0.05%, +/- 0.04%, +/- 0.08%, +/- 0.02% and +/- 0.005% respectively, which showed that X-ray fluorescence spectrometry is a good method.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Kui
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Rui
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000032:analysis; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D008277:Magnesium Oxide / Q000032:analysis; D009369:Neoplasms; D010087:Oxides / Q000032:analysis; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D017670:Sodium Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D014025:Titanium / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D017610:Calcium Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D017670:Sodium Compounds; D012989:Soil Pollutants; C009495:titanium dioxide; C096707:sodium oxide; D008277:Magnesium Oxide; C068440:potassium oxide; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C016538:lime; D014025:Titanium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide