NORMAL VALUES OF CHROMIUM AND NICKEL IN HUMAN-LUNG, KIDNEY, BLOOD AND URINE SAMPLES

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 179  (1) , 80-95
Abstract
Ni and Cr analyses were performed in lung and kidney, as well as in blood and urine samples of 45 autopsies from the northern Bavaria [West Germany] area. The analyses were carried out with electrothermal atomic absorption after wet oxidative digestion. Median metal concentrations in blood were 4.5 .mu.g Ni/kg and 2.8 .mu.g Cr/kg, in urine 2.7 .mu.g Ni/kg and 4.9 .mu.g Cr/kg. The calculated values agree with the metal levels given in the new literature. Median metal concentrations in lung tissue were 7.4 .mu.g Ni/kg and 36.5 .mu.g Cr/kg; in the kidneys, medians of 13.9 .mu.g Ni/kg and 9.6 .mu.g Cr/kg are found. In the literature, only a few values for comparison are given. Metal concentrations in the different samples were not influenced by age or sex.

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