Mercury and methylmercury in hair of selected groups of Czech population

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-40

  Wranová, Kateřina ^a,c   Čejchanová, Mája ^a   Spěváčková, Věra ^a   Korunová, Vlasta ^b   Vobecký, Miloslav ^b   Spěváček, Václav ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Contamination; Hair; Methylmercury; Population groups; Sampling; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649105682     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3513     Document Type: Article

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