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Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2017 Jun 9;80(5):301–314. doi: 10.1080/15287394.2017.1318324

Table 5.

Metal Concentrations (μg/g wet tissue wt) in the Pituitary. Levels after 1 week Following a 28 week Exposure to Saline, MMA-HS, GMA-MS or MnCl₂ Welding Particulate.

	Saline	MMA-HS	GMA-MS	MnCl₂
Al	5.736 ± 3.853	2.833 ± 0.316	0.744 ± 0.062*	1.813 ± 0.116
Cr	1.287 ± 0.192	1.103 ± 0.089	1.218 ± 0.123	4.567 ± 2.755
Cu	2.468 ± 0.143	2.130 ± 0.330	2.282 ± 0.489	2.213 ± 0.181
Fe	54.015 ± 6.963	35.134 ± 1.039*	45.549 ± 2.510*	55.210 ± 4.337
Ni	0.903 ± 0.093	0.716 ± 0.078	0.504 ± 0.092*	0.863 ± 0.073
Zn	13.922 ± 1.085	10.343 ± 0.773*	13.653 ± 0.355	16.459 ± 2.019
Mn	0.919 ± 0.106	2.982 ± 0.250*	1.214 ± 0.059	3.077 ± 0.425*

Concentrations with (*) are different than saline controls (p < 0.05). Highlighted concentrations are different than MnCl₂ (p < 0.05)