Mapping of ecologically unfavorable territories based on human hair composition

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Kist, A A ^a   Zhuk, L I ^a   Danilova, E A ^a   Mikholskaya, I N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Elemental hair composition and health, Aral Sea; Elemental human hair composition mapping; Hair samples, analysis of; Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA)

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; IRON; MERCURY; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031751661     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783320     Document Type: Article

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