Evaluation of trace metals in tobacco of local and imported cigarette brands used in pakistan by spectrophotometer through microwave digestion

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-420

  Ajab, Huma ^a   Yasmeen, Sadia ^b   Yaqub, Asim ^a   Ajab, Zainab ^b   Junaid, Muhammad ^c   Siddique, Maria ^a   Farooq, Robina ^a   Malik, Salman Akbar ^b  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cigarette; Microwave digestion; Pakistan; Spectrophotometer; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PAKISTAN; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 55949087181     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.33.415     Document Type: Article

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