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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Lead levels in circumpulpal dentine of children from different geographic areas
Archives of Oral Biology, Volume 30, No. 11-12, Year 1985
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Lead pollution can produce a variety of effects on the human body. Shed deciduous teeth were collected from primary school children in urban, suburban and rural areas in South Africa. The lead content was determined through atomic-absorption spectrophotometry. The average circumpulpal dentine lead levels in the urban, suburban and rural samples are 74.5, 44.3 and 26.5 parts 106 respectively. From the results it is clear that this most inner part of dentine (~300 μm thick) can concentrate up to five times more lead than the total dentine. Comparison of the lead ratio of circumpulpal dentine to that of the total dentine for the different areas demonstrates the greatest tendency for preferential lead accumulation in the circumpulpal dentine. Lead analysis of circumpulpal dentine revealed that in deciduous teeth the lead level was related to the degree of industrialization. © 1985.
Authors & Co-Authors
Grobler, Sias R.
South Africa, Tygerberg
Faculty of Medicine
Rossouw, Roelof J.
South Africa, Tygerberg
Faculty of Medicine
Kotze, Danelle D.R.
South Africa, Bellville
University of the Western Cape
Statistics
Citations: 20
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0003-9969(85)90137-2
ISSN:
00039969
Research Areas
Environmental
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
South Africa