Table 2 |
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Results from determinations of methylmercury, inorganic mercury and total mercury in tissues. |
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| Tissue |
Analyte a |
Median |
Mean b |
SD |
Min |
Max |
10-percentile |
90-percentile |
|
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| Blood (v. femoralis) (μg/L) |
T-Hg |
3.3 |
5 |
5.3 |
0.9 |
27.4 |
1.4 |
12.5 |
| I-Hg |
1.0 |
2.3 |
4.2 |
0.1 |
22.4 |
0.2 |
5.2 |
|
| MeHg |
2.2 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
0.3 |
10.9 |
0.9 |
6.2 |
|
| Occipital cortex (μg/kg) |
T-Hg |
12 |
18 |
32 |
1 |
181 |
5 |
28 |
| I-Hg |
5 |
12 |
29 |
2 |
164 |
3 |
18 |
|
| MeHg |
4 |
6 |
6 |
<D.L.c |
28 |
1 |
16 |
|
| Abdominal muscle (μg/kg) |
T-Hg |
3 |
5 |
6 |
0.3 |
29 |
0.9 |
12 |
| Thyroid gland (n = 28) (μg/kg) |
T-Hg |
19 |
55 |
186 |
2.7 |
1000 |
5.1 |
47 |
| Pituitary gland (μg/kg) |
T-Hg |
43 |
200 |
540 |
4.9 |
2900 |
12 |
460 |
| Toenails (n = 29) (μg/kg) |
T-Hg |
236 |
280 |
214 |
64 |
856 |
67 |
624 |
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a) T-Hg: Total mercury concentration; I-Hg: Inorganic mercury concentration; MeHg: Methylmercury concentration b) Samples with concentrations below detection limit were given a value of half the detection limit of the actual analytical run c) Detection Limit |
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Björkman et al. Environmental Health 2007 6:30 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-6-30 |
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