Table 1.

Metal concentrations (Mean± SD) in control and exposed lungs and frontal lobe samples expressed as μg/g dry tissue

Metals	CTL Lungs	MC Lungs	CTL Frontal	MC Frontal
V	180±26	214±32	80±32	118±14
Ni	145±30	275±42	42±11	124±29*
Mn	609±87	845±86	689±119	1026±47**
Pb	456±169	374±126	28±11	67.8±20
Cr	1368±179	2524±581	527±85	910±63*
As	94±18	79±9	78±20	127±13
Zn	69429±7273	61781±2983	41741±5869	46878±2202
Se	2227±402	2376±149	641±312	1111±148
Cu	4922±280	5207±232	15745±2209	17058±746
Co	206±123	158±35	15±2	17±2
Fe	1.073e+006±100200	1.050e+006±851239	120764±82519	175001±75976

^*p=0.02

^**p=0.003