Monitoring metals in the population living in the vicinity of a hazardous waste incinerator: Concentrations in autopsy tissues

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-50

  Bocio, Ana ^a   Nadal, Martí ^a   Garcia, Francisco ^a   Domingo, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autopsy tissues; General population; Hazardous waste incinerator; Metals; Spain; Tarragona

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCINERATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 22544443631     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/bter:106:1:041     Document Type: Article

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