Normal values for arsenic and selenium concentrations in human lung tissue

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 384-389

  Kraus, T ^a   Quidenus, G ^a   Schaller, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; LUNG LOBE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; AUTOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SELENIUM; SMOKING;

EID: 0034002548     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449910051     Document Type: Article

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