Reference values for hair minerals of Polish students

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-319

  Chojnacka, Katarzyna ^a   Zielińska, Agnieszka ^a   Górecka, Helena ^a   Dobrzański, Zbigniew ^b   Górecki, Henryk ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomarker of environmental exposure; Hair mineral analysis; Polish urban area; Reference values; Students

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MINERAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77951975803     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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