Assessment of reference values for selected elements in a healthy urban population

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Alimonti, Alessandro ^a   Bocca, Beatrice ^a   Mannella, Emilio ^b   Petrucci, Francesco ^a   Zennaro, Francesco ^b   Cotichini, Rodolfo ^a   D'Ippolito, Cristina ^a   Agresti, Adele ^b   Caimi, Stefano ^a   Forte, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood; Healthy subjects; Reference values; Serum; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SILICON; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SERUM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 31644448590     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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