Arsenic speciation in human hair: A new perspective for epidemiological assessment in chronic arsenicism

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1335-1341

  Yáñez, Jorge ^a   Fierro, Vladimir ^a   Mansilla, Hector ^a   Figueroa, Leonardo ^b   Cornejo, Lorena ^b   Barnes, Ramon M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c Univ Res Inst for Analyt Chem   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHILD; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; CACODYLIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 29244471687     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b506313b     Document Type: Review

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