Monitoring metals in the population living in the vicinity of a hazardous waste incinerator: Levels in hair of school children

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-213

  Nadal, Martí ^a   Bocio, Ana ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hair; Hazardous waste incinerator; Metals; School children; Tarragona county (Catalonia, Spain)

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; THALLIUM; TIN; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TISSUE LEVEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALS; NICKEL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPAIN; TIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20444450837     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:104:3:203     Document Type: Article

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