Erratum: Evaluation of status of cadmium, lead, and nickel levels in biological samples of normal and night blindness children of age groups 3-7 and 8-12 years (Biological Trace Element Research DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8796-9);Evaluation of status of cadmium, lead, and nickel levels in biological samples of normal and night blindness children of age groups 3-7 and 8-12 years

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-361

  Afridi, Hassan Imran ^a   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^a   Kazi, Naveed ^b   Sirajuddin, ^a   Kandhro, Ghulam Abbas ^a   Baig, Jameel Ahmed ^a   Shah, Abdul Qadir ^a   Wadhwa, Sham Kumar ^a   Khan, Sumaira ^a   Kolachi, Nida Fatima ^a   Shah, Faheem ^a   Jamali, Mohammad Khan ^a   Arain, Mohammad Balal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Age groups (3 12); Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Biological samples; Cadmium; Children; Lead; Nickel; Night blindness; Wet acid digestion methods

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE ASSISTED ACID DIGESTION; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 80051784954     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8925-5     Document Type: Erratum

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