Determination of Exposure to Medical and Industrial Toxic Chemicals from Beijing by Human Hair, Nail and Blood Analysis
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52923#.VKygQsnQrzE Author(s) G. Yang 1 , D. Kechkeche 2 , H. Belhadj-Tahar 3 , N. Sadeg 3 Affiliation(s) 1 School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China . 2 Departement of Chemistry, University of Pierre et Marie-Curie, Paris, France . 3 AFPreMed, Toxicology Research Group, Toulouse, France . ABSTRACT The aim of the present work was to investigate the exposure to the medical and industrial toxic chemicals. The research was carried out on hair, nail and blood samples in a panel of 40 healthy volunteers aged 7 to 77 with an average of 45 ± 19 years (18 women (45%) and 22 men (55%)). All of these individuals had not received medication for at least 1 year, including antibiotics and psychotropic. This study was realized from July 2013 to March 2014 in Beijing, China. The method for an accurate and reliable screening of medical and an industrial...