Concentration of metals and other elements in the hair of easter islanders

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-86

  Nakadaira, Hiroto ^a   Yamamoto, Masaharu ^a   Serra, Ivan ^b   Rogers, Ruth ^c   Gutierrez, David ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Hospital Hanga Roa   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036283063     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209602921     Document Type: Article

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