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

Table 6

Geometric mean concentration (μg/L) of metals in adolescents living in Milazzo-Valle del Mela and Montalbano Elicona areas compared with other studies.

	Present study				France [30]				Poland [30]				Czech Republic [29, 30]				Spain [24]
	Exposed		Controls		Exposed		Not exposed		Exposed		Not exposed		Exposed		Not exposed		Exposed	Not exposed
	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M
Cadmium	0.54	0.58	0.20	0.32	1.07	1.15	0.91	1.02	0.56	0.56	0.45	0.44	0.25	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.35	0.49
Chromium	1.31	1.07	1.12	1.36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.39	0.37