Table 1.
The detail of literature studies in hair and BM of lactating mothers (2000–2018)
| Study/ Year | Place (Province) |
Place (City) |
Sample Size | Study Type | Mean of Mercury Level (Mean ± SD/Rang) |
Analytical Technique | NOS Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hair (μg/g) | |||||||
| Khammar et al. [57], 2017 | Sistan and Baluchestan | Zahedan | 40 | Cross-sectional |
1.81 ± 0.54 (0.67–3) |
HR-CS-AAS | 7 |
| Okati et al. [58], 2012 | Mazandaran | Nowshahr, Nur and Sari | 93 | Cross-sectional |
3.55 ± 2.52 (0.08–8.97) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Okati et al. [58], 2012 | Mazandaran | Nowshahr | 27 | Cross-sectional |
4.2 ± 2.77 (0.13–8.97) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Okati et al. [58], 2012 | Mazandaran | Nur | 39 | Cross-sectional |
3.3 ± 2.53 (0.08–8.45) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Okati et al. [58], 2012 | Mazandaran | Sari | 27 | Cross-sectional |
3.27 ± 2.19 (0.11–7.42) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Savabieasfahani et al. [59], 2012 | Tehran | Tehran | 6 | Cross-sectional | 0.19 ± 0.12 | ICP-MS | 6 |
| Ghasempouri et al. [60], 2012 | Mazandaran | 5 Regions | 70 | Cross-sectional |
0.19 ± 0.09 (0.06–0.43) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Ghasempouri et al. [60], 2012 | Mazandaran | Nowshahr | 10 | Cross-sectional |
0.29 ± 0.08 (0.18–0.40) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Ghasempouri et al. [60], 2012 | Mazandaran | Nur | 8 | Cross-sectional |
0.24 ± 0.12 (0.12–0.43) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Ghasempouri et al. [60], 2012 | Mazandaran | Chamestan | 17 | Cross-sectional |
0.14 ± 0.09 (0.08–0.42) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Ghasempouri et al. [60], 2012 | Mazandaran | Village of Nur | 13 | Cross-sectional |
0.16 ± 0.04 (0.08–0.24) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Ghasempouri et al. [60], 2012 | Mazandaran | Village of Nowshahr | 22 | Cross-sectional |
0.11 ± 0.03 (0.06–0.38) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Okati et al. [61], 2010 | Mazandaran | Mazandaran | 70 | Cross-sectional |
0.19 ± 0.09 (0.06–0.43) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 7 |
| Milk (μg/L) | |||||||
| Bahmani and Maleki [56], 2018 | Kurdistan | Sanandaj | 100 | Cross-sectional |
3.48 (0.9–3.56) |
ICP-MS | 7 |
| Khammar et al. [57], 2017 | Sistan and Baluchestan | Zahedan | 40 | Cross-sectional |
1.23 ± 0.306 (0.21–1.7) |
HR-CS-AAS | 7 |
| Okati et al. [62], 2013 | Mazandaran | Amol and Sari | 82 | Cross-sectional |
0.43 ± 0.55 (0–2.45) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Okati et al. [62], 2013 | Mazandaran | Amol | 38 | Cross-sectional | 0.37 ± 0.15 | AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Okati et al. [62], 2013 | Mazandaran | Sari | 44 | Cross-sectional | 0.50 ± 0.71 | AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Goudarzi et al. [63], 2013 | Isfahan | Isfahan | 37 | Cross-sectional |
0.92 ± 0.54 (0–2.07) |
CV-AAS | 6 |
| Norouzi et al. [64], 2012 | Isfahan | Lenjan | 38 | Cross-sectional | 7.57 ± 1.08 | AMA-S-PAAS | 8 |
| Dahmardeh Behrooz et al. [65], 2012 | Tehran, Mazandaran and East Azerbaijan | Tehran, Noushahr and Tabriz | 80 | Cross-sectional |
0.39 ± 0.1 (ND* - 5.86) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 7 |
| Dahmardeh Behrooz et al. [65], 2012 | Tehran | Tehran | 34 | Cross-sectional |
0.12 ± 0.06 (ND* - 1.73) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 7 |
| Dahmardeh Behrooz et al. [65], 2012 | Mazandaran | Noushahr | 18 | Cross-sectional |
0.15 ± 0.06 (ND* - 1.21) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 7 |
| Dahmardeh Behrooz et al. [65], 2012 | East Azerbaijan | Tabriz | 28 | Cross-sectional |
0.86 ± 0.26 (0.02–5.86) |
AMA-S-PAAS | 7 |
ND*: Not detectable