Exposure to toxic agents alters organic elemental composition in human fingernails

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2151-2157

  Schumacher, Elke ^a   Dindorf, Willi ^a   Dittmar, Manuela ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fingernails; Hydrogen; Nitrogen; Sulfur; Toxic agents

Indexed keywords

ACID GROUPS; CARBON; DISULFIDE BONDS; ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FINGERNAILS; HARMFUL CHEMICALS; HARMFUL SUBSTANCES; HUMAN FINGERNAILS; NAIL PLATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES; ORGANIC ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL CHANGES; SULFUR CONTENTS; SULFUR LEVELS; TOXIC AGENTS;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SULFUR;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; CARBON; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; NITROGEN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; SEX FACTORS; SULFUR;

EID: 60349130274     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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