Some results on Hg content in hair in different populations in Albania

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Babi, D ^a   Vasjari, M ^c   Celo, V ^b   Koroveshi, M ^c  

^a Tekran Inc   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Fish diet; Hair; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

DIET; FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TOOTH;

ADULT; AGE; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH FILLING;

ADULT; ALBANIA; ANIMALS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL STAFF; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED;

ALBANIA;

EID: 0034597294     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00549-0     Document Type: Article

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