Levels of Heavy Metals in Adolescents Living in the Industrialised Area of Milazzo-Valle del Mela (Northern Sicily)

Table 5

Concentration of metals in adolescents reported in other surveys.

Heavy metals (g/L)	Present study		Reference survey
	Exposed	Controls	GerES IV Report [22]	NHANES (CDC) Report [27]	Canadian Health Measures Survey Cycle [28]	Czech Republic Survey [29]	RV
Cadmium	0.58	0.26	0.08	0.08	0.27	0.80	0.2
Chromium	1.18	1.25	—	—	—	—	0.59

Data are geometric means (GM). All metals were evaluated in urine.