Table 1.
Target organs/apparatus, sources, and toxic levels for each toxic metal are reported.
| Main target organs or apparatus | Main assimilation way | Toxic levels µg/g creatinine |
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| Kidney | SNC | Liver | Gastrointestinal system | Respiratory system | Skin | Cardiovascular/hematopoietic system | Oral/nasal mucosa | Musculoskeletal system | Ingestion (I) Inhalation (IH) Dermal absorption (DA) |
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| Aluminum | x | x | x | I, IH | 35,00 | ||||||
| Antimony | x | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 0,30 | |||
| Arsenic | x | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH | 108,00 | |||
| Barium | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH | 7,00 | ||||
| Beryllium | x | x | x | x | I, IH | 1,00 | |||||
| Bismuth | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 10,00 | ||
| Cadmium | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH | 0,80 | ||
| Cesium | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 9,00 | ||
| Gadolinium | x | x | x | I | 0,30 | ||||||
| Lead | x | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 2,00 | |||
| Mercury | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 3,00 | ||
| Nickel | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 10,00 | ||||
| Palladium | x | x | I, DA | 0,30 | |||||||
| Platinum | x | x | x | IH, DA | 1,00 | ||||||
| Tellurium | x | x | x | x | I, IH | 0,80 | |||||
| Thallium | x | x | x | x | I, IH | 0,50 | |||||
| Thorium | x | x | x | I, IH | 0,03 | ||||||
| Tin | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 9,00 | ||||||
| Titanium | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 15,00 | ||||
| Tungsten | x | x | x | I, IH | 0,40 | ||||||
| Uranium | x | x | x | x | x | x | I, IH, DA | 0,03 | |||