PTCA determination in human hair: Reliability and analytical aspects

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Zanetti, Roberto ^a,d   Zoccola, Marina ^b   Mossotti, Raffaella ^b   Innocenti, Riccardo ^b   Loria, Dora I ^c   Rosso, Stefano ^a  

^a Piedmont Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Universty of Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^d CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HPLC; Melanin; Melanoma; PTCA; Reliability

Indexed keywords

2,3,5 PYRROLETRICARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HAIR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; SKIN TUMOR;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PYRROLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK;

EID: 33744965973     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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