Determination of arsenic in scalp hair of children and its correlation with drinking water in exposed areas of Sindh Pakistan

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Kazi, Tasneem G ^a   Baig, Jameel A ^a   Shah, Abdul Q ^a   Arain, Muhammad Balal ^a   Jamali, Muhammad Khan ^a   Kandhro, Ghulam A ^a   Afridi, Hassan I ^a   Kolachi, Nida F ^a   Khan, Sumaira ^a   Wadhwa, Sham K ^a   Shah, Faheem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Children; Groundwater; Scalp hair

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PAKISTAN; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; SCALP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 80054734747     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8866-z     Document Type: Article

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