How reliable are human hair reference intervals for trace elements?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-17

  Miekeley, N ^a   Dias Carneiro, M T W ^a   Porto da Silveira, C L ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hair analysis; Hair reference intervals; ICP MS

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0032508235     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00185-5     Document Type: Article

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