Comparison of hair with nail as index media for biological monitoring of mercury

Sangyo Igaku

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 235-238

  Suzuki, Tsuguyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Satoru ^a   Matsuo, Naoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

biological monitoring; fingernails; inorganic mercury; mercury; scalp hair; toenails

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HAIR; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STUDENT; TEACHER;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGE; NAILS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOES;

EID: 0024400002     PISSN: 00471879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh1959.31.235     Document Type: Article

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