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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 34, Number 4
BKCSDE 34(4)
April 20, 2013

Title	Correlation Between Total Mercury and Methyl Mercury-In Whole Blood of South Korean
Author	Seon A Jung, Dayoung Chung, Jiwon On, Myeong Hee Moon, Jeongae Lee, Heesoo Pyo*
Keywords	Total mercury, Methyl mercury, Headspace-Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry, Correlation, Whole blood
Abstract	In this study, total mercury and methyl mercury in whole blood of Korean was analyzed so as to investigate the correlation between total mercury (T-Hg) and methyl mercury (Me-Hg). 4000 whole blood samples were divided in four groups, according to T-Hg concentration in percentile: group I (p25-p50), group II (p50-p75), group III (p75-p95) and group IV (p95-p100). 100 samples were randomly selected from the each group, and Me-Hg concentration was measured. T-Hg concentration in whole blood was analyzed using a Direct Mercury Analyzer-80 and obtained limit of detection (LOD) was 0.2 μgL−1. Me-Hg concentration was analyzed with ethylate derivatization using headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and obtained LOD of methyl mercury was 0.5 μgL−1. The geometric means of T-Hg and Me-Hg were 6.35 μgL−1 and 4.44 μgL−1, respectively, and 71.91% of T-Hg was presented as Me-Hg.
Page	1101 - 1107
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