Toenail, blood, and urine as biomarkers of manganese exposure

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 506-510

  Laohaudomchok, Wisanti ^a   Lin, Xihong ^a   Herrick, Robert F ^a   Fang, Shona C ^a   Cavallari, Jennifer M ^a   Christiani, David C ^a   Weisskopf, Marc G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NAIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOE; URINE LEVEL; WORK;

EID: 79955972937     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31821854da     Document Type: Article

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