A control chart approach to monitoring and communicating trends in tissue selenium concentrations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2237-2240

  Chapman, Peter M ^a   DeBruyn, Adrian M H ^a  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Background; Body burdens; Control chart; Monitoring; Selenium

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

BODY BURDENS; CONTROL CHART; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

SELENIUM;

SELENIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; MONITORING; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COAL MINING; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; SELENIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35348837162     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-062R.1     Document Type: Article

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