Monitoring of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc status in young children using toenails: comparison with scalp hair

Science of the Total Environment, The

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 1991, Pages 199-207

  Wilhelm, Michael ^a   Hafner, Dieter ^a   Lombeck, Ingrid ^a   Ohnosorge, Friedrich K ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADMIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOFTWARE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 0025863003     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(91)90145-5     Document Type: Article

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