Arsenic content in hair of people exposed to natural arsenic polluted groundwater at Zimapan, Mexico

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 583-589

  Armienta, M A ^a   Rodriguez R ^a   Cruz, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; FLUID INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HUMANS; MEXICO; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0342981595     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900519     Document Type: Article

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