The influence of living habits and family relationships on element concentrations in human hair

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 612-620

  Chojnacka, K ^a   Gorecka H ^a   Gorecki H ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elements; Hair; Living habits; Sex

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ELEMENTS; HAIR; LIVING HABITS; SEX;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; FERROUS ION; GOLD; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PLATINUM; SILICON; SILVER; SODIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FAMILY STRUCTURE; HAIR; METAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY RELATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HABITS; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND;

BRAZIL; CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; POLAND; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SCANDINAVIA; SILESIAN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; SWEDEN; WROCLAW [POLAND];

EID: 33745806924     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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