title: Exposure to nickel by hair mineral analysis.
abstract: The aim of the present work was to investigate the exposure to nickel from various sources by investigation of mineral composition of human scalp hair. The research was carried out on hair sampled from subjects, including 87 males and 178 females (22 ± 2 years). The samples of hair were analyzed by ICP-OES. The effect of several factors on nickel content in hair was examined: lifestyle habits (e.g. hair coloring, hair spray, hair straighteners, hair drier, drugs); dietary factors (e.g. yoghurts, blue cheese, lettuce, lemon, mushroom, egg, butter); other (e.g. solarium, cigarette smoking, tap water pipes, tinned food, PVC foil, photocopier, amalgam filling). These outcomes were reached by linking the results of nickel level in hair with the results of questionnaire survey. Basing on the results it can be concluded that exposure to nickel ions can occur from different sources: lifestyle, eating habits and environmental exposure.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Technology and Mineral Fertilizers, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland. izabela.michalak@pwr.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michalak
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikulewicz
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chojnacka
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wołowiec
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saeid
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Górecki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009532:Nickel / Q000032:analysis*; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D009532:Nickel