Reference values for cobalt, copper, manganese, and nickel in urine among women of the general population in Japan

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-126

  Ohashi, Fumiko ^a   Fukui, Yoshinari ^a   Takada, Shiro ^a   Moriguchi, Jiro ^a   Ezaki, Takafumi ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Copper; Manganese; Nickel; Reference levels; Urine

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; GRAPHITE; MANGANESE; NICKEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COLORIMETRY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAGNESIUM URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRACTOMETRY; RELATIVE DENSITY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; COBALT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; REFERENCE VALUES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33750464841     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0109-4     Document Type: Article

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