Levels of selected trace metals in the scalp hair of an industrially exposed population segment of Pakistan

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 75-83

  Ashraf, Waqar ^a   Jaffar, M ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Heavy trace metals; Occupational exposure; Scalp hair

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FRACTIONAL SLOPE VALUES; INDUSTRIALLY EXPOSED POPULATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; SCALP HAIR;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0030497835     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249609358351     Document Type: Article

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