Biomonitoring of chromium for residents of areas with a high density of electroplating factories (Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2006) 16, (138-146) DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500445);Biomonitoring of chromium for residents of areas with a high density of electroplating factories

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-146

  Chang, Feng Hsiang ^a,b   Wang, Shu L I ^a,c   Huang, Yeou Lih ^c   Tsai, Ming Hsien ^c   Yu, Sheng Tsung ^a   Chang, Louis W ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b TZU HUI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Chromium; Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer; Reference values; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GRAPHITE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; DENSITY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FURNACE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SPECTROMETER; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646494347     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500593     Document Type: Erratum

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