ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022
Biological monitoring and health assessment of 21 metal(loid)s in children and adolescents in Liuzhou City, Southwest China.
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Exposure to metal(loid)s is associated with adverse effects on human health, especially for children and adolescents. This study was designed to evaluate metal(loid)s exposure in 2050 children and adolescents aged 6-18 years from Liuzhou City, Southwest China. The detection rates of 21 elements were all above 99%. We found that age was an important predictor for most elements, and that children exhibited more exposure than adolescents, expect for strontium (p < 0.05). Interestingly, urinary levels were higher in girls for 13 of our study elements. Multiple regression models also showed that dietary habits also affected the distribution of elements. Moreover, we estimated exposure risk by generating the hazard quotient (HQ) for single metal and the hazard index (HI) for the co-occurrence of metals. The HQ of cadmium was > 1 at the P95 value and that the risk of the mixed effect of cadmium, mercury, and thallium was not negligible, and indicated that the associated risk was of concern. Our results provide basic data on the reference values of urinary metal(loid) levels and an assessment of health risks for children and adolescents that reside in industrial areas.
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