Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia
Zorina D.Y., e-mail: zorinadaria.1.3@gmail.com
The paper provides the results of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) of trace-element concentrations in the hair of 227 boys and 224 girls. Hair samples were taken from Bashkirian schoolchildren living in rural areas far from the sources of anthropogenic impact. The analysis of sex and age variability was carried out for six toxic and potentially toxic elements (arsenic, mercury, barium, antimony, uranium, and thorium). Sexual variations in the concentrations of several elements were shown. Concentrations of arsenic, mercury, barium and thorium in the hair of girls were higher than in that of boys. The boys had higher concentrations of antimony. There were no significant sex differences in the content of uranium in the hair of Bashkir children. This study revealed age-related changes for both sexes in the concentration of antimony and uranium, as well as of arsenic and mercury for girls. The age dynamics was absent or had no clear trends for arsenic in boys, as well as for mercury, barium and thorium in children of both sexes.
anthropology, ecology, anthropoecology, children, adolescents, trace elements, trace elements in hair
Цит.: Zorina D.Y. Some aspects of age and sex variability of toxic elements concentrations in the hair of Bashkirian children and Adolescents // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2010; 4/2010; с. 88-94
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