Biological monitoring of environmental pollution and human exposure to metals in Tarragona, Spain. II. Levels in autopsy tissues

Trace Elements and Electrocytes

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-49

  Llobet, J M ^a,b   Granero, S ^a   Schuhmacher, M ^a   Corbella, J ^b   Domingo, J L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c School of Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autopsy tissues; Nonoccupationally exposed population; Tarragona, Spain; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; THALLIUM; TIN; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BONE; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0031984130     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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