Hair-Pb longitudinal profiles and blood-Pb in the population of young Slovenian males

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-143

  Štupar, Janez ^a   Dolinšek, Franci ^b   Eržen, Ivan ^c  

^a Polytechnic Nova Gorica   (Slovenia)

^b MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Slovenia)

^c Institute for Public Health   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Blood Pb; Correlation; Key words: Hair Pb longitudinal profiles; Males; Slovenia; SS ETAAS

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BLOOD; HAIR; LEAD; MALE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KINETICS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SLOVENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SLOVENIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447517336     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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