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Comparison of Hair Mercury Concentrations between Married Couples Comparison of Hair Mercury Concentrations between Married Couples Chen, Weishi 53773 Magara, Junko 53774 Endoh, Kazuo 53775 Shirai, Fumio 53776 Yamamoto, Masaharu 53777 Hair samples of 53 couples in Niigata City, Japan were analyzed for total-Hg by the cold atomic absorption method and methyl-Hg by the gas chromatographic method. The concentrations of hair total-Hg and methyl-Hg were 4.01±1.736 μg/g (mean±S.D.) and 3.04±1.401 in husbands; 1.99±0.968 and 1.54±0.687 in wives. It was found that the concentrations of total-Hg and methyl-Hg in the hair of the husbands were significantly higher than those of their wives (p< 0.01, respectively). The correlations of hair mercury concentrations between couples were found (r=0.420, p<0.01 for total-Hg; r=0.484, p<0.01 for methyl-Hg). The concentration of mercury in the hair of couples with high fish intake frequency was higher than that with a low one. It is suggested the fish intake might have a predominant effect on the concentration of mercury in the hair. departmental bulletin paper Niigata University School of Medicine 1990-03 application/pdf Acta medica et biologica 1 38 45 50 Acta medica et biologica AA00508361 05677734 https://niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/6638/files/38(1)_45-50.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10191/33477 https://niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/6638 eng