Biomonitoring for uranium exposure among young children living in nineteen states across five regions of Brazil

Airton Cunha Martins; Matheus Gallimberti; Vanessa Cristina de Oliveira Souza; Bruno Alves Rocha; Fernando Barbosa

doi:10.1007/s10967-018-5964-4

Biomonitoring for uranium exposure among young children living in nineteen states across five regions of Brazil

Airton Cunha Martins, Matheus Gallimberti, Vanessa Cristina de Oliveira Souza, Bruno Alves Rocha, Fernando Barbosa

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In this study, concentration of uranium was determined in urine samples collected from 400 Brazilian children (6–14 years old) from different geographic regions. The mean concentration was 33.2 ng/g creatinine. Urinary concentrations of uranium were found to have region and age as predictors. The concentrations of uranium were higher in the South, Southeast and Central-West than in the other regions of Brazil. Moreover, higher concentrations of this element were found in younger children (< 10 years old). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report the exposure of a Brazilian population to uranium.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	779-785
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	317
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5964-4
State	Published - Aug 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Children
Human biomonitoring study
Human exposure
Uranium

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Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pollution
Spectroscopy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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