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Scalp hair as a biological tissue have been used as an indicators for chemical , transition and rare earth elements. Samples of hair were collected from individual volunteers of both genders male and female with different ages in Basrah Province/Southern Iraq. Hair samples were transferred to the laboratory in Marine Science Center, washed with acetone to remove grease and oil, then rinsed three times with distilled water, dried overnight at 80 oC, after cooling cut into 0.5 cm length grinding and about 0.25 g was weighted of each sample, put in a Teflon beaker for acid digestion. For each sample 3 ml of concentrated acid mixture nitric: perchloric (1:1 v:v) were added and the mixture was digested at 80 oC on hotplate until dryness, then another 3 ml of the acid mixture were added and further digestion until dryness was done, distilled water then was added to each sample and the volumes were completed to 50 ml in volumetric flask and kept for chemical elements analysis by ICP/MS Instrument at Maxxam Laboratories INC./Canada. Chemical elements determined were heavy metals: Ge, Ir, Mo, Os, Ru, Sb, Se, Sn, Sr, Te, Th, Ti, Tl, W, and Zr, and lanthanides Ce, La, and Nd. The results showed that the levels of the most concerned metals were lower than the upper limit of world wide values, and the results of this study can serve as a reference for further studies
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