Age- and sex-based comparative distribution of selected metals in the scalp hair of an urban population from two cities in Pakistan

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 61-64

  Ashraf, Waqar ^a   Jaffar, M ^a   Anwer, Khurshid ^b   Ehsan, U ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

age sex dependence of metals in hair; hair heavy metal content; Scalp hair analysis; scalp hair of urban population

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; DONOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; SCALP HAIR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0027971474     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)80008-6     Document Type: Article

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