Table 2 |
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Limits of Detection (LOD) Mean and Standard Deviations of concentrations mg/kg of elements measured in the cohort of 26 parents of children from Fallujah with congenital anomalies |
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Element |
LOD |
Normal lab range |
Literature43 Means and SDs unexposed |
Mean concentration In CA parents |
Standard Deviation |
|
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Calcium* |
0.04 |
220-1600 |
750 (660) |
3622 |
2736 |
|
Magnesium* |
0.015 |
20-130 |
46 (38) |
364.9 |
271 |
|
Chromium |
0.003 |
0.03-0.68 |
0.167 (0.118) |
0.16 |
0.14 |
|
Cobalt* |
0.001 |
0.02-0.57 |
0.013 (0.011) |
0.08 |
0.09 |
|
Copper |
0.004 |
10.0-41.0 |
25 (21) |
24.38 |
9.18 |
|
Iodine |
0.002 |
0.05-5.0 |
0.68 (0.58) |
0.16 |
0.14 |
|
Iron* |
0.039 |
4.6-17.7 |
9.6 (4.4) |
25.15 |
18.56 |
|
Manganese* |
0.003 |
0.12-1.30 |
0.56 (0.55) |
2.18 |
2.23 |
|
Molybdenum |
0.001 |
0.02-1.00 |
0.042 (0.02) |
0.07 |
0.04 |
|
Selenium |
0.029 |
0.21-5.46 |
0.830 (0.280) |
1.42 |
2.59 |
|
Vanadium* |
0.001 |
0.01-0.73 |
0.027 (0.024) |
0.37 |
0.26 |
|
Zinc* |
0.012 |
150-272 |
142 (29) |
340 |
230 |
|
Boron |
0.104 |
0.07-0.9 |
0.670 (0.620) |
1.1 |
0.84 |
|
Germanium |
0.003 |
< 1.65 |
0.0046 (0.0031) |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
Lithium |
0.001 |
< 0.53 |
0.017(0.013) |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
Strontium* |
0.000 |
0.65-6.90 |
1.20 (1.00) |
26.9 |
2.78 |
|
Tungsten |
0.000 |
< 0.06 |
0.0053 (0.0049) |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
Aluminium* |
0.217 |
< 8.00 |
8.2 (4.8) |
16.25 |
12.27 |
|
Antimony |
0.001 |
< 0.6 |
0.022 (0.017) |
0.04 |
0.03 |
|
Arsenic |
0.005 |
< 1.00 |
0.085(0.054) |
0.1 |
0.07 |
|
Barium* |
0.000 |
< 4.64 |
0.640 (0.490) |
5.42 |
42.8 |
|
Beryllium |
0.001 |
< 0.20 |
0.0013 (0.0009) |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Bismuth* |
0.000 |
< 0.27 |
0.019 (0.025) |
3.68 |
7.07 |
|
Cadmium |
0.001 |
< 0.20 |
0.058 (0.056) |
0.08 |
0.10 |
|
Cerium |
0.000 |
< 0.10 |
0.039 (0.05) |
0.02 |
0.02 |
|
Caesium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
0.00067 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Dysprosium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Erbium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Europium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Gadolinium |
0.000 |
< 0.02 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Gallium* |
0.000 |
< 0.22 |
.0025 (.0015) |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
Iridium |
0.001 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Lead* |
0.002 |
< 3.00 |
0.960 (0.850) |
4.08 |
4.36 |
|
Lutetium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Mercury* |
0.003 |
< 0.60 |
0.261 (0.145) |
12.41 |
42.2 |
|
Nickel |
0.003 |
< 1.00 |
0.430 (0.400) |
0.88 |
0.86 |
|
Palladium* |
0.003 |
< 0.04 |
0.00032 (0.00078) |
0.01 |
0.01 |
|
Platinum |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Praseodymium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Rhenium |
0.000 |
< 0.00 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Rhodium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Ruthenium |
0.001 |
< 0.45 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Samarium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Silver |
0.002 |
< 1.00 |
0.231 (0.298) |
0.11 |
0.13 |
|
Tantalum |
0.001 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Tellurium |
0.006 |
< 0.02 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Thallium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Thorium |
0.000 |
< 0.03 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Thullium |
0.000 |
< 0.00 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Tin |
0.001 |
< 0.70 |
0.320 (0.390) |
0.67 |
2.31 |
|
Titanium |
0.009 |
< 2.20 |
0.830 (0.680) |
0.53 |
0.31 |
|
Uranium 1st |
0.001 |
< 0.15 |
0.057 (0.065) |
0.16 |
0.11 |
|
Uranium 2nd * |
0.001 |
< 0.15 |
0.057 (0.065) |
0.26 |
0.09 |
|
Ytterbium |
0.000 |
< 0.01 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Zirconium |
0.001 |
< 1.47 |
0.155 (0.237) |
0.02 |
0.09 |
|
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Elements which are found to be more than 2SD from the Literature [43] for Sweden unexposed mean are asterisked. |
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Alaani et al. Conflict and Health 2011 5:15 doi:10.1186/1752-1505-5-15 |
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