Metals detected by ICP/MS in wound tissue of war injuries without fragments in Gaza

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Skaik, Sobhi ^a   Abu Shaban, Nafiz ^a   Abu Shaban, Nasser ^b   Barbieri, Mario ^c   Barbieri, Maurizio ^d   Giani, Umberto ^e   Manduca, Paola ^f  

^a AlShifa Hospital   (Palestine)

^b FRCSI   (Palestine)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GALLIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; PLATINUM; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AMPUTATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BIOPSY; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WEAPON;

EID: 77954594744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-17     Document Type: Article

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