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Uranium concentration in blood samples of Southern Iraqi leukemia patients using CR-39 track detector
The simple and effective technique of fission track etch has been applied to determine trace concentration of uranium in human blood samples taken from two groups of male and female participants: leukemia patients and healthy subjects group. The blood samples of leukemia patients and healthy subject...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4514681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26224958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2808-0 |
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author | Al-Hamzawi, Anees A. Jaafar, M. S. Tawfiq, Nada F. |
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description | The simple and effective technique of fission track etch has been applied to determine trace concentration of uranium in human blood samples taken from two groups of male and female participants: leukemia patients and healthy subjects group. The blood samples of leukemia patients and healthy subjects were collected from three key southern governorates namely, Basrah, Muthanna and Dhi-Qar. These governorates were the centers of intensive military activities during the 1991 and 2003 Gulf wars, and the discarded weapons are still lying around in these regions. CR-39 track detector was used for registration of induced fission tracks. The results show that the highest recorded uranium concentration in the blood samples of leukemia patients was 4.71 ppb (female, 45 years old, from Basrah) and the minimum concentration was 1.91 ppb (male, 3 years old, from Muthanna). For healthy group, the maximum uranium concentration was 2.15 ppb (female, 55 years old, from Basrah) and the minimum concentration was 0.86 ppb (male, 5 years old, from Dhi-Qar). It has been found that the uranium concentrations in human blood samples of leukemia patients are higher than those of the healthy group. These uranium concentrations in the leukemia patients group were significantly different (P < 0.001) from those in the healthy group. |
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spelling | pubmed-45146812015-07-27 Uranium concentration in blood samples of Southern Iraqi leukemia patients using CR-39 track detector Al-Hamzawi, Anees A. Jaafar, M. S. Tawfiq, Nada F. J Radioanal Nucl Chem Article The simple and effective technique of fission track etch has been applied to determine trace concentration of uranium in human blood samples taken from two groups of male and female participants: leukemia patients and healthy subjects group. The blood samples of leukemia patients and healthy subjects were collected from three key southern governorates namely, Basrah, Muthanna and Dhi-Qar. These governorates were the centers of intensive military activities during the 1991 and 2003 Gulf wars, and the discarded weapons are still lying around in these regions. CR-39 track detector was used for registration of induced fission tracks. The results show that the highest recorded uranium concentration in the blood samples of leukemia patients was 4.71 ppb (female, 45 years old, from Basrah) and the minimum concentration was 1.91 ppb (male, 3 years old, from Muthanna). For healthy group, the maximum uranium concentration was 2.15 ppb (female, 55 years old, from Basrah) and the minimum concentration was 0.86 ppb (male, 5 years old, from Dhi-Qar). It has been found that the uranium concentrations in human blood samples of leukemia patients are higher than those of the healthy group. These uranium concentrations in the leukemia patients group were significantly different (P < 0.001) from those in the healthy group. Springer Netherlands 2013-11-05 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4514681/ /pubmed/26224958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2808-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2013 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Al-Hamzawi, Anees A. Jaafar, M. S. Tawfiq, Nada F. Uranium concentration in blood samples of Southern Iraqi leukemia patients using CR-39 track detector |
title | Uranium concentration in blood samples of Southern Iraqi leukemia patients using CR-39 track detector |
title_full | Uranium concentration in blood samples of Southern Iraqi leukemia patients using CR-39 track detector |
title_fullStr | Uranium concentration in blood samples of Southern Iraqi leukemia patients using CR-39 track detector |
title_full_unstemmed | Uranium concentration in blood samples of Southern Iraqi leukemia patients using CR-39 track detector |
title_short | Uranium concentration in blood samples of Southern Iraqi leukemia patients using CR-39 track detector |
title_sort | uranium concentration in blood samples of southern iraqi leukemia patients using cr-39 track detector |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4514681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26224958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2808-0 |
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