Lead and fluoride content in human bone and hair in the Gdansk region

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 249-254

  Hac E ^a   Czarnowski, W ^a   Gos, T ^a   Krechniak, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bone; Fluoride; Gdansk region; Hair; Lead

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTION; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB;

EID: 0030689687     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00237-4     Document Type: Article

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