Thomas S Huddle
On Seeing Long Shadows: Is Academic Medicine at its Core a Practice of Racial Oppression?
HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues
present study fe cu cr cd pb ni al concentrations caiman latirostris testudines blood tapacur reservoir pernambuco brazil investigated blood acid digested hno3 metals determined icpoes faas lead showed concentrations established limit detection eighty animals evaluated forty group levels elements statistically significant compared two studied taxa p 005 caimans significant differences young adults observed chromium p 00539 aluminum p 00515 testudines showed statistically significant differences variable age structure gender influence metal concentrations detected present study either group differences species testudines significant fe mesoclemmys tuberculata vs phrynops geoffroanus p 00932 kinosternon scorpioides vs phrynops geoffroanus p 0063 interelementary correlations showed statistically significant differences elements cr vs al r2 052 cr vs cd 043 cd vs cu r2 041 ni vs cu r2 031 ni vs cr r2 030 al vs cd r2 027 cd vs fe r2 026 concluded blood excellent predictor metals crocodilians testudines tapacur reservoir statistically significant differences correlated concentrations size species studied addition evidenced data prove exposure animals metals strong interelementary correlations opening doors future studies seek understand possible biological effects caused studied taxa