Determination of nickel, copper, zinc and lead in human scalp hair in Syrian occupationally exposed workers by total reflection X-ray fluorescence

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 67-74

  Khuder, A ^a   Bakir, M A ^a   Hasan, R ^a   Mohammad, A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Industrial plants; Occupational exposure; Scalp hair; Total reflection X ray fluorescence; Traceel ements

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; IRON; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; PRINTING; REFLECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE OILS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ABNORMAL CONCENTRATIONS; ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (CEA); BUSINESS MEDIA; CO-PRECIPITATION; CONTROL GROUP (CON); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (CC); INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; OLIVE OIL (OO); PB CONCENTRATION; POWER STATIONS; SCALP HAIR; TOTAL REFLECTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (SR-TXRF);

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

COPPER; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LEAD; NICKEL; OLIVE OIL; ZINC;

COPPER; HAIR; LEAD; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLLUTION; SCALP HAIR; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; COPPER; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCALP; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SYRIA; ZINC;

EID: 47349099601     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9958-x     Document Type: Article

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