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Article : #441
Name of All Authors : N. Adventini, E. Damastuti*, M. Santoso, W.Y.N. Syahfitri, D.D. Lestiani, S.
Kurniawati
Article Title : ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS ON OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED WORKERS FROM HAIR ANALYSIS
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Title
Should be changed to ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS ON OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED WORKERS FROM HAIR
ANALYSIS
Already changed as its suggested
10 …exposed groups did not differ significantly
from the control… Already revised as suggestion 41 …Furthermore, hair also provides a record… Already revised as suggestion 42-43 …since it has the ability to accumulate the elements entering the body. Already revised as suggestion
47 Morais [10] defined heavy… Already revised as suggestion and there is change due to the updating of the references 62 ...they are bio accumulated in human… Already revised as suggestion
97 ...elements that have been associated… Already revised as suggestion 118 ...this institution who are not affected… Already revised as suggestion 121 ...They were invited… Already revised as suggestion 122 …after filling out information… Already revised as suggestion 127 …described in Figure 1… Already revised as suggestion 178-180
It would’ve been much better if the authors could present the gamma ray spectrum of irradiated hairs
Gamma ray spectrum of hair samples has been present in the manuscript
192-193 …After being dissolved… Already revised as suggestion
207-210
Remove this sentence: All of the volunteers involved were filled out the information form about their age, gender, working period, lifestyle habits, health record and job categories
Already revised as suggestion
211-212 …They consists of… Already revised as suggestion
239 …It is shown.. Already revised as suggestion
242 …mercury doesn’t show the similar tendency… Already revised as suggestion 254-255 …statistical test are also… Already revised as suggestion
276-280
Your statement is contradictive. Norom [23]
stated that occupational exposure occurred when lead concentration is greater than 30 mg/kg. In your experimental results, the lead concentrations
There is changes accordingly to the updating references, the statement has been revised based on the references.
were found to be lower than 30 mg/kg. Does it mean that the traffic services officers and
automotive workshop workers are not exposed to lead?
The authors should reduce the number of references such that it consists of 80% of current journal references (within 5 years).
The references has been revised so it
consists of 80% of current journal references (within 5 years)
Please check for the English grammar as there
are a lot of grammatical errors in the texts. English grammar has been checked and revised
Please avoid using too many website
references (10, 21, 22, 30)
Website references has been removed and only used if necessaryAvoid using reference [15] as it is in
Indonesian, and international readers would not be able to understand it.
This reference should be used and referred since this research was the preliminary study of the research studied here and some of the data were taken into account.
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