Element concentrations in urine of patients suffering from chronic arsenic poisoning

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-235

  Xie, Yaxiong ^a,d   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Kondo, Masao ^c   Koga, Hidenori ^a   Zhang, Aihua ^d   Ohmichi, Masayoshi ^b   Inaba, Yutaka ^a   Chiba, Momoko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chiba City Institute of Health and Environment   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic poisoning; Burning coal; China; Human trace and major elements; Urine

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CREATININE; GALLIUM; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELEMENTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POISONING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0035020449     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.193.229     Document Type: Article

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