Determination of arsenic in urine by atomic absorption spectrophotometry for biological monitoring of occupational exposure to arsenic

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 179-183

  Dang, T M N ^a   Tran, Q T ^a   Vu, K V ^a  

^a National Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atomic absorption spectrophotometry; Normal range; Urinalysis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEAFOOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VIETNAM;

EID: 0032824299     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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