Correlation between arsenic concentration in fish and human scalp hair of people living in arsenic-contaminated and noncontaminated areas of Pakistan

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 197-204

  Shah, Abdul Qadir ^a   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^a   Baig, Jameel Ahmad ^a   Afridi, Hassan Imran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fish; HG AAS; Scalp hair

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR; WATER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LAKES; MALE; MEAT; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155165075     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9067-0     Document Type: Article

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