Comparative metal distribution in hair of Pakistani and Libyan population and source identification by multivariate analysis

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 505-519

  Shah, Munir H ^a   Shaheen, N ^a   Khalique, A ^a   Alrabti, A A A ^a   Jaffar, M ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AAS; CA; Hair; Metals; PCA; Source identification

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE METAL DISTRIBUTION; HAIR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRIC ACID-PERCHLORIC ACID; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; NITRIC ACID;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

HAIR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCALP HAIR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645801241     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-4936-2     Document Type: Article

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