S N | Subjects | Place | Tooth Type | Mean Level (ppm/µg/g ± SD) | Method | Ref. |
1 | Children | Sao Paulo Brazil | DT | 1.3 | ICP-MS | [2] |
2 | Children | Pribram, Czech Republic | DT | 1.43 | AAS | [3] |
3 | Children | suburban areas of Turkey | DT | 1.30 - 1.77 | AAS | [4] |
4 | Children (5 - 7 yr) from Poland | Non-urban | DT | 1.77 ± 1.79 | AAS | [5] |
Urban | 1.47 ± 1.7 | |||||
5 | Male & Female children | Merida, Venezuela | Healthy DT | 3.10 ± 0.97 | AAS | [6] |
6 | Children | Urban & suburban Ankara | DT | 3.42 | AAS | [7] |
7 | Children | Karachi | DT | 5.78 | AAS | [8] |
8 | Children of 5 to 12 yr | Jordan | DT | 30.26 | ICP | [9] |
9 | Preadolescent Negro children | Charleston SC, USA | DT | 92.4 ± 41.9 | AAS | [10] |
10 | 6-yr-old children 9-yr-old children | Finland | DT incisors DTcanines | 8.1 ± 5.3 4.1 ± 2.6 | PIXE | [11] |
11 | Children | zinc-lead smelter area of Dariba, India | Incisors Canine Molars of DT | 40.67 ± 21.06 46.77 ± 50.10 39.56 ± 34.33 | AAS | [12] |
12 | Women | Kyoto | PT | 1.2 ± 0.5 | XRF & ICP | [13] |
13 | Females | Kuwait | PT dentin | 5.6 ± 4.6 | AAS | [14] |
Males | 6.8 ± 4.7 | |||||
14 | Residents | Mitrovica (Kosovoa) | PT | 22.3 | ICP-MS | [15] |
Klina (Kosovoa) | 3.2 | |||||
Graz (Austria) | 1.7 | |||||
15 | 10-12 yr old children | Virginia | PT | 43.2 ± 1.0 (e) 38.9 ± 1.4 (d) | NAA | [16] |
16 | All subjects, (children & adult) | Hoboken (industrial) | PT | 35.35 ± 6.0 | AAS | [17] |
Brussels (urban) | 17.72 ± 4.16 | |||||
Arlon (rural) | 21.45 ± 4.35 | |||||
17 | Lead-poisoned children |
| DT dentine | 601 ± 225 | ASV | [18] |
Children | Suburban Boston | 84.4 ± 56.6 | ||||
Healthy children | Iceland | 35.9 ± 29.5 |