Exposure indicators inorganic mercury: An updating;Significato degli indicatori biologici di esposizione a mercurio

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-241

  Apostoli, Pietro ^a   Mangili, A ^a   Alessio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Exposure indicators; Mercury

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; CREATININE; ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; VACCINE; DENTAL ALLOY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; PRESERVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; KINETICS; LEISURE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; STEADY STATE; TOXICITY; URINE LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URINE;

ANIMALS; CREATININE; DENTAL AMALGAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOBBIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; ITALY; KIDNEY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0042734670     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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