Table 1.

Range of metals in samples of tooth from Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran in ppm

Residence bombed	Country	Child’s age	208Pb/43Ca ppm	25Mg/43Ca ppm	52Cr/43Ca ppm	55Mn/43Ca ppm	66Zn/43Ca ppm	7Li/43Ca ppm	232Th/43Ca ppm	238U/43Ca ppm
Bombed	Iraq	5	0.17–0.87	94–540	1.03–5.2	0.10–0.52	1.8–4.5	0.022–0.08	0–0.2	0–0.13
Bombed	Iraq	8	1.9–48	288–1408	0.77–2.2	0.16–0.55	1.1–5.5	0.006–0.06	0–0.09	0–0.06
Bombed	Iraq	14	0.13–1.35	192–1408	0.77–1.65	0.22–1.1	1.1–5.0	0.011–0.08	0–0.09	0–0.06
Not bombed	Lebanon	7	0.034–0.34	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	0.24–1.6	8.0–400	0.007–0.15	0–0.1	0–0.1
Bombed	Lebanon	12	0.05–0.68	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	0.16–1.2	2.4–16	0.004–0.07	0–0.1	0–0.1
Not bombed	Lebanon	13	0.034–0.34	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	0.24–0.80	1.6–4.0	0.007–0.07	0–0.1	0–0.1
Not bombed	Lebanon	14	0.034–0.17	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	0.16–0.64	0.8–4.0	0.015–0.15	0–0.1	0–0.1
Not bombed	Iran	9	0.043–0.43	94–563	1.16–3.22	0.19–1.03	1.3–7.7	0.016–0.08	0–0.2	0–0.1
Not bombed	Iran	12	0.039–0.19	256–1664	0.44–1.43	0.11–0.55	1.1–5.5	0.017–0.08	0–0.09	0–0.06