Biological monitoring of cobalt exposure: Results in a non-exposed population and on workers of a hard metal manufacture

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-177

  Torra, M ^a,c   Fernandez J ^b   Rodamilans, M ^a   Navarro, A M ^b   Corbella, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Laboratorios Dr Echevarne   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Cobalt; Hard metal industry; Urinary excretion

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ADULT; AGE; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 22544453354     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/tep22174     Document Type: Article

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