Italian network for human biomonitoring of metals: Preliminary results from two Regions

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Bocca, Beatrice ^a   Mattei, Daniela ^a   Pino, Anna ^a   Alimonti, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Metals; Population; Reference values; Serum

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 78650747952     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN-10-03-06     Document Type: Article

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