Assessment of commercial laboratories, performing hair mineral analysis

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-72

  Seidel, Sharon ^a   Kreutzer, Richard ^b   Smith, Daniel ^b   McNeel, Sandra ^b   Gilliss, Debra ^b  

^a IMPACT ASSESSMENT INC   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0035798761     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.1.67     Document Type: Article

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