Mineral lung burden of an urban population |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Ultrastructures, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena, 299 00161 Roma, Italy;2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299 00161 Roma, Italy;3. Institute of Forensic Medicine, University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 336 00161 Roma, Italy;1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Islamic Republic of Iran;2. Department of Marine Sciences, The Caspian Sea Basin Research Center, University of Guilan, Rasht, Islamic Republic of Iran;3. Molecular Bank, Iranian Biological Resource Center (IBRC), ACECR, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran;1. Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials, Refractory Materials Division in Gliwice, ul. Toszecka 99, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland;2. Silesian University of Technology, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, ul. B. Krzywoustego 6, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland |
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| Abstract: | A study was carried out on mineral lung burden in 85 autopsy cases who died accidentally. Subjects of both sexes aged from 15 to 70 years were selected from all the autopsies performed at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Rome.These subjects were living in an urban area and were not affected by neoplasm diseases. All selected subjects were residing in Rome at the time of their death. Information on years of legal residence in urban areas, smoking habits and occupational history were obtained by interviews with relatives. Lung parenchyma samples were obtained from the right upper lobe. The mineral particulate matter present in the tissue samples was studied by means of analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM) techniques: 16 mineral varieties and 22 metallic elements were identified. Smoke, age and residence seem to have influence on the lung burden. |
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