Validity of human nails as a biomarker of arsenic and selenium exposure: A review

Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-139

  Slotnick, Melissa J ^a   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarker validation; Exposure; Selenium; Toenail

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NAILS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELENIUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33746063229     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.12.001     Document Type: Review

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