Hair selenium as a monitoring tool for occupational exposures in relation to clinical profile

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 437-445

  Srivastava, A K ^a   Gupta, B N ^a   Bihari, V ^a   Gaur, J S ^a   Mathur, N ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETARIAN; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SELENIUM; SKIN;

EID: 0030796849     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984035     Document Type: Article

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