Estimating uncertainty and quality of lead determination in human blood

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Borošová, Daniela ^a   Klöslová, Zuzana ^a   Drimal, Marek ^b  

^a Regional Authority of Public Health   (Slovakia)

^b MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Blood; Human exposure to Pb; Lead; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749104970     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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