Use of human nails as bio-indicators of heavy metals environmental exposure among school age children in Kenya

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 393, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 376-384

  Hussein Were, Faridah ^a   Njue, Wilson ^a   Murungi, Jane ^a   Wanjau, Ruth ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bio indicators; Environmental exposure; Fingernails; Heavy metals School age children

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINGERNAILS;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD CARE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINGER NAIL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KENYA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; KENYA; METALS, HEAVY; NAILS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 39749141546     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.035     Document Type: Article

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