Determination of total mercury concentration in hair of Lubartów-area citizens (Lublin region, Poland)

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Kowalski, Radoslaw ^a   Wiercinski J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Environment; Foodstuff; Hair; Lifestyle; Mercury; Non flame atomic spectrometry absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847288283     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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