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Table 2 Concentrations (mg kg-1 unless otherwise indicated) of As, Cd, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn in Sikor samples.

From: Risk of human exposure to arsenic and other toxic elements from geophagy: trace element analysis of baked clay using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Element

Mean

SD

Median

Range

As

7.8

2.5

7.4

3.80-13.1

Cd

0.32

0.1

0.34

0.09-0.4

Fe (g kg-1)

35.4

4

33.8

29.5-42.9

Mn

57.2

3.2

32.2

25.8-80

Pb

23.2

0.9

24.7

21-26.2

Zn

69.6

15

67.5

51.4-100

  1. Number of samples (n) = 10. All the data presented were obtained for duplicate samples. SD: standard deviation.
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