Determination of Urinary Trace Elements (Arsenic, Copper, Cadmium, Manganese, Lead, Zinc, Selenium) in Patients with Blackfoot Disease

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 686-692

  Tsai, Jin Lian ^a   Horng, Pin Hua ^a   Hwang, Tzung Jeng ^b   Hsu, John W ^c   Horng, Ching Jyi ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Blackfoot disease; Trace elements; Urine analysis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 33745238069     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409602954     Document Type: Article

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