Elements in the hair of non-mining workers of a lignite open mine in Neyveli

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 63-68

  Sukumar, Athimoolam ^a,b   Subramanian, Ramachandran ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Regional Institute of Education   (India)

Author keywords

Businessmen and fishermen; Elements; Hair; Students; Workers

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; LIGNITE; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHERMAN; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MINING; NUTRITION; SMOKING HABIT; STUDENT; WORKER;

EID: 0038406293     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.63     Document Type: Article

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