Heavy metals in human hair and teeth: The correlation with metal concentration in the environment

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-228

  Nowak, Barbara ^a   Kozłowski, Henryk ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemical forms of heavy metals in soil; Heavy metals in hair, teeth, soil and air; Pearson's product correlation in environmental and biological samples

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; POLAND; SOIL; TOOTH;

EID: 0031844906     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783972     Document Type: Article

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