title: Polonium210Po activities in human blood of patients with ischaemic heart disease from Gdańsk in Poland.
abstract: The determination of polonium210Po in human blood samples is presented and discussed in this paper. The human blood samples were collected from patients of Medical University of Gdańsk with ischaemic heart disease (morbus ischaemicus cordis,MIC). The polonium concentrations in analyzed human blood samples are very differentiated.210Po is of particular interest in public health and although is present in the environment in extremely low amounts, it is easily bioaccumulated to the human body. The study shows that the amount of210Po that is incorporated into the human body depends on the food habits and some difference in its levels could be observed between smokers and non-smokers.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boryło
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skwarzec
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romańczyk
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Skłodowskiej-Curie 3a, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siebert
keywords: 210Po; Cigarettes smoking; Concentration; Fish consumption; Human blood samples; IHD; Ischaemic heart disease; Polonium