Hair lead levels in boys and girls from two Sardinian communities with different environmental backgrounds

Human Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-290

  Sanna, E ^a   Iovine, M C ^a   Vallascas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boys; Girls; Human hair; Lead; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455207220     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: 1824310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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