1. [The informational significance of metal bioaccumulation in the hair of preschool children].
- Author
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Namazbaeva ZI, Kulkybaev GA, Dzhangozina DM, Mukasheva MA, and Zhanbastinova NM
- Subjects
- Air Pollutants adverse effects, Alkaline Phosphatase urine, Child, Preschool, Cholinesterases urine, Chromosome Aberrations, Humans, Kazakhstan, L-Lactate Dehydrogenase urine, Metals adverse effects, Spectrophotometry, Atomic, Air Pollutants analysis, Hair chemistry, Metals analysis
- Abstract
Hair and urine metal accumulation was studied in healthy children living in different pollution areas. The levels of biogenic amines, the activity of the enzymes LDH, AP, and cholinesterase were also determined in the exhaled air condensate (EAC) and urine. High accumulation of metals, low EAC levels of biogenic amines, high activity of the urine enzymes were observed in the children residing in high polluted areas. At the same time these changes were less marked in the moderately polluted areas. The revealed changes allow one to select children at risk and to make health-promoting measures.
- Published
- 1999