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From: Distribution of nickel and chromium containing particles from tattoo needle wear in humans and its possible impact on allergic reactions

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Synchrotron nano-X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and nano- X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) analysis of representative skin and lymph node sections. a XRF elemental maps of donor 1 of titanium (Ti) from titanium dioxide, copper (Cu) from copper phthalocyanine, iron (Fe), chromium (Cr) and nickel (Ni) from steel debris, acquired at beamline ID16B with a resolution of 50 nm. Arrows point the regions where XANES spectra were acquired. b Cr and Ni K-edge XANES spectra of skin and lymph node samples mainly show metal Ni and a mixture of metal Cr(0) and ionic Cr (III) when compared to reference spectra

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Particle and Fibre Toxicology

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