Determination of toxic metals in Indian smokeless tobacco products

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 1140-1147

  Dhaware, Dhanashri ^a   Deshpande, Aditi ^a   Khandekar, R N ^a   Chowgule, Rohini ^a  

^a Kasturba Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Copper; Lead; Mercury; Metals; Smokeless tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; INDIA; RELIABILITY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; SELENIUM; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77649240031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.132     Document Type: Article

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