Scalp hair as a biomarker in environmental and occupational mercury exposed populations: Suitable or not?

Environmental Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Li, Yu Feng ^a,b   Chen, Chunying ^a,c   Li, Bai ^a   Wang, Jiangxue ^a,b   Gao, Yuxi ^a   Zhao, Yuliang ^a   Chai, Zhifang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

2 Mercaptoethanol; Biomarker; Hair; l Cysteine; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; BIOMARKER; EDTA; HAIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR;

CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

EID: 41949087856     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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