Urinary lithium: Distribution shape, reference values, and evaluation of exposure by inductively coupled plasma argon-emission spectrometry

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-23

  Iguchi, Kozo ^a   Usuda, Kan ^a   Kono, Koichi ^a   Dote, Tomotaro ^a   Nishiura, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimahara, Masashi ^a   Tanaka, Yoshihito ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0032806542     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/23.1.17     Document Type: Article

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