Trace elements in Jamaican tobacco

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 66-70

  Grant, C N ^a   Lalor, Gerald C ^a   Vutchkov, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; JAMAICA; PLANT LEAF; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; TOBACCO;

CANNABIS; JAMAICA; TOBACCO; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 2942685012     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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