Isotope ratios of lead in Japanese women's hair of the twentieth century

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 643-649

  Matsumoto, Megumi ^a   Yoshinaga, Jun ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Contamination source; Historic hair sample; Isotope ratio; Lead

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD;

BIOMONITORING; HAIR; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HISTORY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; POLLUTANT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; JAPAN; LEAD; MALE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 77949298455     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0255-9     Document Type: Article

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