Hair Mercury Levels Detection in Fishermen from Sicily (Italy) by ICP-MS Method after Microwave-Assisted Digestion

A number of ninety-six hair samples from Sicilian fishermen were examined for total mercury detection by an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) method. The mercury levels obtained were compared with mercury levels of 96 hair samples from a control group, in order to assess potentia...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Giangrosso, Gaetano Cammilleri, Andrea Macaluso, Antonio Vella, Nicolantonio D’Orazio, Stefania Graci, Gianluigi Maria Lo Dico, Fabio Galvano, Margherita Giangrosso, Vincenzo Ferrantelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5408014