Concentrations of selected metals in scalp hair of an occupationally exposed population segment of Pakistan

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-321

  Ashraf, Waqar ^a   Jaffar, M ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

environmental pollution; essential metals; occupational exposure; Scalp hair

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ESSENTIAL METALS; MACROELEMENTS; SCALP HAIR;

POLLUTION;

EID: 0031051202     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207239708711089     Document Type: Article

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