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Determination of some toxic trace elements in Indian tobacco and its smoke

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Toxic trace metals like mercury, arsenic and cadmium have been determined in widely used Indian chewing tobacco and cigarette tobacco by neutron activation followed by sequential radiochemical separation (RNAA). Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry (DPASV) has been used for the estimation of lead, cadmium and copper in cigarette tobacco and its smoke aerosols. The reliability of the data has been assured by analyzing standard reference materials, bovine liver (NBS-1577) and orchard leaves (NBS-1571), and intercomparison of the Pb, Cd and Cu values by three techniques, namely, RNAA, DPASV and Energy Dispersive X-ray Flourescence technique (EDXRF). The levels of Hg, Cd, As, Pb and Cu in cigarette and chewing tobacco and the estimated intake of Cd, Cu and Pb to the smoker are presented and discussed.

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  1. Environmental Assessment Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400 085, Bombay, India

    A. N. Shaikh, R. N. Khandekar, S. J. S. Anand & U. C. Mishra

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Shaikh, A.N., Khandekar, R.N., Anand, S.J.S. et al. Determination of some toxic trace elements in Indian tobacco and its smoke. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 163, 349–353 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034808

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