Levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead, manganese and zinc in biological samples of paralysed steel mill workers with related to controls

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 164-182

  Afridi, Hassan Imran ^a   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^a   Kazi, Atif G ^b   Shah, Faheem ^a   Wadhwa, Sham Kumar ^a   Kolachi, Nida Fatima ^a   Shah, Abdul Qadir ^a   Baig, Jameel Ahmed ^a   Kazi, Naveed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Biological samples; Cadmium; Lead; Manganese; Paralysis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; URINALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAIR; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STEEL;

EID: 84155164425     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9063-4     Document Type: Article

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