Metallic elements in hair as a biomarker of human exposure to environmental pollution: A preliminary investigation in Hubei province

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 417-428

  Kuangfei, Lin ^a   Yaling, Xiang ^a   Xuefeng, Liu ^a   Zuoli, Wu ^a   Bukkens, Sandra G F ^b,c   Tommaseo, Mila ^d   Paoletti, Maurizio G ^c  

^a Hubei Prov Stn Agroecological E   (China)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Human hair; Metallic elements; Soil and crops pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032983808     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(99)00375-5     Document Type: Review

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