Secretion of arsenic, cholesterol, vitamin E, and zinc from the site of arsenical melanosis and leucomelanosis in skin

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 374-378

  Yousuf, A K M ^a   Misbahuddin, Mir ^a   Rahman, Md Sayedur ^a  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cholesterol; Melanosis; Vitamin E; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARSENIC; CHOLESTEROL; DRINKING WATER; ZINC;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICAL MELANOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEUCOMELANOSIS; MALE; MELANOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SECRETION; SKINFOLD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; VITAMIN E; ZINC;

EID: 79960275852     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.577747     Document Type: Article

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