Evaluation of toxic metals in biological samples (scalp hair, blood and urine) of steel mill workers by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 381-393

  Afridi, Hassan I ^a   Kazi, Tasneem G ^a   Jamali, Mohammad K ^a   Kazi, Gul H ^a   Arain, Mohammad B ^a   Jalbani, Nusrat ^a   Shar, Ghulam Q ^a   Sarfaraz, Raja A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

atomic absorption spectrometry; blood; control samples; scalp hair; steel production workers; toxic metals; urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAD; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STEEL;

EID: 34248159541     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233706073420     Document Type: Article

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