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Metals and metalloids in hair samples of children living near the abandoned mine sites of Sulcis-Inglesiente (Sardinia, Italy)

2014

International audience; The Sulcis-Iglesiente district (SW Sardinia, Italy) is one of the oldest and most important polymetallic mining areas in Italy. Large outcrops of sulfide and oxide ores, as well as the products of the long-lasting mining activity, are present throughout the district releasing significant quantities of metals and metalloids into the surrounding environment. Here are reported concentrations of 21 elements determined in scalp hair samples from children (aged 11-13 years) living in different geochemical environments of southwestern Sardinia: Iglesias, hosting several abandoned mines, and the island of Sant׳Antioco, not affected by significant base metal mineralization ev…

MaleMineralization (geology)Adolescent[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryMetals and metalloidsMineralogy010501 environmental sciencesengineering.material010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesBiochemistryMiningArchéologieMetals and metalloids biomonitoring hair analysis mining sitesBiomonitoringMining sitesHumansChildBase metal0105 earth and related environmental sciencesGeneral Environmental ScienceChemistryTrace elementEnvironmental ExposureTailingsSettore GEO/08 - Geochimica E VulcanologiaSphaleriteItalyMetals[ SHS.ARCHEO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory13. Climate actionEnvironmental chemistryBiomonitoringHair analysisengineeringEnvironmental PollutantsFemaleMetalloidPyriteHair
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