Trace element reference values in tissues from inhabitants of the EU. XII. Development of BioReVa program for statistical treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 302, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Iversen, B S ^a,b   Sabbioni, E ^a   Fortaner, S ^a   Pietra, R ^a   Nicolotti, Andrea ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Bombardier Transportation Italy SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BioReVa; Blood; Hair; Statistical analysis; Trace element reference values; Urine

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LEAD; SELENIUM; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

INHABITANTS;

TISSUE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH MONITORING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EUROPE; HAIR ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HAIR; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0037454649     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00348-0     Document Type: Article

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