Human bone as a biological material for environmental monitoring

International Journal of Environment and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 278-292

  Zaichick, Sofia ^a   Zaichick, Vladimir ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Age involution; Chemical elements; Gender related differences; Human rib bone; ICP AES; INAA; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry; Instrumental neutron activation analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954304366     PISSN: 17434955     EISSN: 17434963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2010.033714     Document Type: Article

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