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ArticleJournal of xenobiotics2026

Rare Earth Elements and Technology-Related Trace Metals in Paediatric Scalp Hair: A 2001 Urban Baseline from Spain.

Antonio Peña-Fernández, Manuel Higueras, Roberto Valiente Borox, M Carmen Lobo-Bedmar

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Article in Journal of xenobiotics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Antonio Peña-FernándezDepartment of Surgery, Medical and Social Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcalá, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, Km. 33.600, Alcalá de Henares, 28871 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5690-5445
Manuel HiguerasScientific Computation Research Institute (SCRIUR), Universidad de La Rioja, 26006 Logroño, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5530-1714
Roberto Valiente BoroxDepartment of Geology, Geography and Environment, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Alcalá, Calle Colegios 2, Alcalá de Henares, 28801 Madrid, Spain.
M Carmen Lobo-BedmarMadrid Institute for Rural, Agricultural and Food Research and Development (IMIDRA), Departamento de Investigación Agroambiental, Finca el Encín, Crta. Madrid-Barcelona, Km. 38.2, Alcalá de Henares, 28800 Madrid, Spain.

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Consejería de Educación, Ciencia e Universidades, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain TEC-2024/ECO-69MICIU/AEI (10.13039/501100011033) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF, EU) PID2023-149788OB-C21Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain) CTM2016-78222-C2-1-R
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Abstract

Rare earth elements (REEs) and technology-related trace elements are increasingly used in modern products and processes, but biomonitoring data in healthy children and adolescents remain scarce; scalp hair provides a practical, integrative matrix for assessing multi-element patterns over time. Scalp hair collected in April-May 2001 from children (6-9 years; n = 120) and adolescents (13-16 years; n = 97) living in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) was retrieved from archival storage and analysed in 2025 using a single QA/QC-controlled ICP-MS workflow. Seven REEs (Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Gd, Er, and Y) and nine technology-related trace elements (Bi, Sb, Th, U, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ir, and Rb) were quantified after rigorous decontamination; left-censored data were treated using Kaplan-Meier, regression on order statistics, and maximum-likelihood approaches, and population reference values were derived as percentile-based upper limits (P95, 95% CI). In children, REEs were frequently detected and showed strong within-suite covariation, with medians in the low ng g

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adolescentschildrenemerging trace metalshair biomonitoringrare earth elementsreference valuesSpain

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