Urinary excretion of mercury, copper and zinc in subjects exposed to mercury vapour

BioMetals

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-361

  Sällsten, Gerd ^a   Barregård, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Copper; Exposure; Mercury; Smoking; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MERCURY; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL WASTE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; VAPOR; ZINC URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COPPER; CREATININE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VOLATILIZATION; ZINC;

EID: 0030706202     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018392904399     Document Type: Article

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