Human head hair as a tool in environmental pollution monitoring of Agra City

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 415-420

  Sharma, R ^a,b   Kumar, A ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HAIR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HEAD; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 18044365785     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0600-0     Document Type: Article

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