Blood levels of lead, cadmium, and mercury in residents of Tehran

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 14-26

  Farzin, Leila ^a   Amiri, Mojtaba ^a   Shams, Hadi ^a   Ahmadi Faghih, Mohammad Amin ^a   Moassesi, Mohammad Esmail ^a  

^a NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Blood; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADMIUM; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 48449093722     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8106-y     Document Type: Article

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