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A new human hair certified reference material (NIES CRM No. 13) for mercury speciation and trace element analysis was prepared at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Environmental Agency of Japan. Scalp hair from Japanese males, which is identical with the original material for the previous human hair CRM (NIES CRM No. 5), was used. Special attention was paid to reduce contamination from a grinding vessel during the preparation procedure. A newly-prepared ceramic/Teflon disc mill was used for cryogenic grinding of the hair. 1, 000 bottles (3 g each) were produced after sieving and blending of the hair powder. Certified values for total mercury and methylmercury, as well as other trace elements of toxicological and nutritional significance (antimony, cadmium, copper, lead, selenium, and zinc), were determined based on analyses from extensive collaborations. Reference values for 12 elements (aluminium, arsenic, barium, calcium, cobalt, iron, magnesium, manganese, silver, sodium, sulfur and vanadium) were also given.
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Yoshinaga, J., Morita, M. & Okamoto, K. New human hair certified reference material for methylmercury and trace elements. Z. Anal. Chem. 357, 279–283 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160050153
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