Human nails
REVIEW: yes
DATE: 2012 (references up to 2010)
REF: M. Filella, N. Belzile and Y.-W. Chen. Human exposure to antimony. II. Contents in some human tissues often used in biomonitoring (hair, nails, teeth). CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 42, 1058-1115 (2012).
NUMBER OF REFERENCES IN REVIEW: 166 (of which 5 on nails only and 4 on teeth only)
NUMBER OF CITATIONS (Web of Scienceā¢, up to 31 October 2016): 6
PREVIOUS REVIEWS? No
CONCLUSIONS (adapted from the review):
- Only 14 studies that contain data on antimony in nails, with publication dates ranging from 1968 to 2007.
- Most of the methodological issues discussed in relation to hairĀ apply to nails. The lack of an universally accepted method is shared with hair.
- Milk values are subjected to numerous sources of variability (e.g., concentration of elements might change during the course of lactation).
- No conclusions can be drawn about the utility of antimony measurement in nails because of the limited number of published studies.
PAPERS PUBLISHED AFTER REVIEW OR MISSED: none found
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