Research Article

Assessment of Heavy and Toxic Metals in the Blood and Hair of Saudi Arabia Smokers Using Modern Analytical Techniques

Table 6

Toxic elements levels in cigarettes smokers human hair (μg/kg).

No.Smo-
King
AgeCdPbAsHgSeMnZnCrNi

110/3239.5452.131.544.7241.6458.9189425.0132.4684.1
220/22105.6BDLBDLBDL1201.11327.097851.5BDL1108.2
320/4213.637.932.1113.7301.5602.4115932.7198.7BDL
47/1264.61594.3BDLBDL79.3628.5156509.99372.42262.0
540/237.21247.541.7BDL240.6557.9140960.31447.9661.1
615/3291.41083.1BDL137.5294.31945.1136082.41747.2807.8
725/337.3432.772.225.644.2575.589402.0481.2187.9
813/2328.4920.9BDL76.7879.8827.7294123.46507.72462.9
930/2394.61824.8BDLBDL634.0919.2200694.810935.02649.4
1025/4384.84385.8BDLBDL528.32523.4152466.37705.53673.0
1111/4372.1801.0BDL294.890.8956.2136614.62658.31082.5
1211/2248.4835.0BDL18.81181.71461.3529246.14654.22108.4
1330/2346.51683.3BDLBDL236.91718.8124587.07636.02402.5
1415/32255.55948.955.5109.9265.54068.0164403.92186.71145.1
1516/4262.311495.024.869.6175.32340.7326442.81246.02912.5
1610/227.8706.439.6146.2305.81310.6180004.8925.0233.4
174/2112.5838.5168.28.851428.81734.3255844.41009.4777.9
186/3122.3512.2335.6396.01068.61163.0748331.31456.035.0
191/118.4278.166.9135.6231.5513.9154201.9714.5289.5
205/1133.51113.473.423.5188.92007.9364028.7925.58033.7
212/1126.2541.820.637.2271.82683.1165521.61340.1611.6
221/1113.3246.936.131.5227.41027.4163442.7888.7429.5
237/2136.85399.438.0147.3158.12116.6331543.6840.22196.1
244/114.1183.745.6118.7335.1557.3198630.3640.3206.3
254/2118.1545.8163.244.6272.11653.3207374.4814.41282.5

Smoking; period of smoking (y)/rate of smoking (number of cigarettes per day),
Age; 1= ≤25, 2= 26-40, 3= >40 y.