Analysis of heavy metals in scalp hair samples of hypertensive patients by conventional and microwave digestion methods

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-214

  Afridi, Hassan Imran ^a   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^a   Jamali, Mohammad Khan ^b   Kazi, Gul Hasan ^a   Arain, Mohammad Bilal ^a   Jalbani, Nusrat ^a   Shar, Ghulam Qadir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b Government Degree College Usta Mohammad   (Pakistan)

^c SHAH ABDUL LATIF UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Hypertension; Method; Microwave digestion; Scalp hair; Urban population; Wet digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644843106     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010500531266     Document Type: Article

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