Arsenic concentration in the urine of patients with Blackfoot disease and Bowen’s disease
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Biological Trace Element Research
- Vol. 8 (1), 11-18
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02917599
Abstract
Extensive epidemiological study implicates that high arsenic content in artesian well water is the causal factor responsible for Blackfoot disease. We determine the arsenic concentration in urine samples of patients with Blackfoot and Bowen’s diseases and examine whether there exists any discrepancy of urinary arsenic concentrations among patients and the normal population. The analyses were made by hydride atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) and the analytical reliability of the method was checked with a standard urine sample (ORTHO Bi-Level Urine Metal Control). The results show that the mean urinary arsenic concentration in 100 healthy adults is 63.4±29.7 μg/L, and those means for 23 and 11 patients with Blackfoot disease and Bowen’s disease are 75.7±39.1 μg/L (P vs controls >0.05) and 201±58 μg/L (P vs controls <0.001), respectively. From the analytical results obtained, we cannot conclude that urinary arsenic is associated with Blackfoot disease, as was disclosed from the epidemiological studies. However, urinary arsenic concentrations are possibly very closely associated with Bowen’s disease.Keywords
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