Existe-t-il un profil métallique?

Over the past decade great progress has been made in table Mendeleev's table elements analysis. This preliminary stage is fundamental to toxicity assessment. Optical or mass spectrometry inductively coupled plasma spectrometry has progressively replaced flame atomic absorption spectrometry and flameless atomic absorption spectrometry. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry allows multi-elementary determinations in biological fluids with a significant gain in sensitivity. In this paper the authors applies inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to plasma, blood, urine, hair, multi-elementary quantitation of approximately thirty elements among one hundred healthy volunteers and to whole blood and urine obtained from fifty-four deceased people. The metallic profile of individuals is also assessed.