Issue 5, 2002

Population-based biomonitoring in the Czech Republic: urinary arsenic

Abstract

The method of Guo et al. (Anal. Chim. Acta, 1997, 349, 313–318) for the determination of the toxicologically relevant arsenic in urine was verified and then used for the determination of arsenic in urine of the Czech population for monitoring purposes. Statistical evaluation at the level α = 0.05 did not prove any significant differences between industrial and agricultural regions, between males and females and smokers and non-smokers. Likewise no differences were found among children in all the regions monitored. In the adult population small differences were found between some regions but these differences were not dependent on industrial pollution. The values of toxicologically relevant arsenic are low for all regions. The summarised value of the median for all groups together is 3.5 µg (g creatinine)−1.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 May 2002
Accepted
03 Jul 2002
First published
10 Sep 2002

J. Environ. Monit., 2002,4, 796-798

Population-based biomonitoring in the Czech Republic: urinary arsenic

V. Spěváčková, M. Čejchanová, M. Černá, V. Spěváček, J. Šmíd and B. Beneš, J. Environ. Monit., 2002, 4, 796 DOI: 10.1039/B205062P

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