Effect of volcanic gas exposure on urine, blood, and serum chemistry

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1210, 2005, Pages

  Durand, Michael ^a   Florkowski, Chris ^b   George, Peter ^b   Walmsley, Trevor ^b   Weinstein, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINE; FLUORINE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; LEAD; MERCURY; RUBIDIUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOXIC GAS; TRACE ELEMENT; METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PILOT STUDY; URINE LEVEL; VOLCANO; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; URINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORINE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS; PILOT PROJECTS; RUBIDIUM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 20444449708     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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