Trace and toxic elemental testing in the clinical laboratory

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 690-695

  Bornhorst, Joshua A ^a,c   McMillin, Gwendolyn A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ACUTE TOXICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

EID: 33750877657     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/XN6BLHL1Q14VXG9M     Document Type: Review

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