Thallium in whole blood samples from college students in Taiwan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1053-1057

  Lin, T S ^a   Chang, C L ^a  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTANT; TAIWAN; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; THALLIUM; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 25444448548     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0687-y     Document Type: Article

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