Nuclear microanalysis of tooth enamel from a community in the Western Cape, South Africa

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 190-193

  Pineda Vargas, C A ^a,b   Naidoo, S ^c   Eisa, M E M ^d  

^a ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Nuclear microprobe; PIXE; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; EXTRACTION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MINERALS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TOOTH ENAMEL;

DEMINERALIZATION; MOLAR TEETH; NUCLEAR MICROPROBES; NUCLEAR MICROSCOPY;

MICROANALYSIS;

EID: 34250017421     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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