Research Article
Levels of Heavy Metals in Adolescents Living in the Industrialised Area of Milazzo-Valle del Mela (Northern Sicily)
Table 3
Concentrations of metals in biological fluids of exposed (
) and control adolescents (
).
| Heavy metals (g/L) | Matrix | . | P5 | P25 | P75 | P95 | Median | GM | Low-CI | Upper-CI |
| Cadmium | Urine | 210 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.50 | 0.61 | Cadmium | Urine | 29 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.30 | Chromium | Urine | 191 | 0.10 | 0.80 | 2.00 | 5.94 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 1.01 | 1.36 | Chromium | Urine | 29 | 0.60 | 1.00 | 1.70 | 3.80 | 1.20 | 1.25 | 1.05 | 1.48 |
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