Hair analysis as an indicator of exposure to uranium

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 423-426

  Kehagia, K ^a   Bratakos, S ^a   Kolovou, M ^a   Potiriadis, C ^a  

^a GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; URANIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPLATING; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URANIUM; URINALYSIS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79953764352     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq324     Document Type: Article

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