Profiles of trace elements in toenails of Arab-Americans in the Detroit Area, Michigan

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-126

  Slotnick, Melissa J ^a   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a   Johnson, Mary M ^a   Linder, Aaron M ^a   Savoie, Kathryn L ^b   Jamil, Hikmet J ^b,c   Hammad, Adnan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Americans; Biomarkers; ICP MS; Multielement analysis; Toenails

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NAIL; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; NAILS; NICKEL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 26244431870     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:107:2:113     Document Type: Article

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