Mercury Contamination of skin whiteners in cambodia

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1286-1303

  Murphy, Thomas ^a   Slotton, Darell G ^b   Irvine, Kim ^a   Sukontason, Kom ^c   Goldman, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Export; Mercury; Skin whitener; Trade; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749106182     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030903306877     Document Type: Article

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