investigation of cadmium contamination using hair of the japanese macaque, macaca fuscata, from shimokita peninsula, aomori prefecture in japan. | the cadmium (cd) contents in hair of macaques (n = 45, macaca fuscata) living on the shimokita peninsula were investigated. the mean cd contents in the hair of japanese (n = 34, 5.01 μg/g) and macaques (3.05 μg/g) tendency to be higher than those of animals living other areas. the cd contents of hair of wild macaques were significantly (p < 0.01) lower than that of humans, although three were no significant difference between cd contents of humans and that of the macaque in captivity. the hair o ... | 2012 | 22684399 |