Hygiena 2007, 52(3):68-69

Biological Monitoring in the Czech Republic - Exposure of the General Population to Environmental Xenobiotics in 2005

Andrea Batáriová^1,2, Milena Černá^1,2, Jiří Šmíd¹, Věra Spěváčková¹, Mája Čejchanová¹, Dana Očadlíková¹, Hana Bavorová¹, Bohuslav Beneš¹

¹ Státní zdravotní ústav v Praze

² 3. LF UK v Praze

In 2005 the concentrations of trace elements (cadmium, lead, mercury, copper, selenium, zinc) in blood and urine of adults were measured in the framework of the Biological Monitoring Project in the Czech Republic. Blood cadmium levels in adults were significantly influenced by smoking (medians 1.30 and 0.50 μg/l in smokers and non-smokers, respectively). The levels of cadmium in urine were higher in women than in men. Higher blood lead levels were observed in men (35,4 μg/l) in comparison to women (26,6 μg/l), plumbemia correlated with age. Blood mercury levels were 0.91 and 1.16 μg/l in men and women, respectively. Blood selenium levels were 111 μg/l. Blood copper and zinc levels are stabilized. Significantly lower blood copper levels were found in men in comparison with female non-users and users of oral contraception (870, 950 and 1305 μg/l, respectively).

Keywords: biological monitoring, cadmium, lead, mercury, essential elements

Published: September 2007  Show citation