Distribution of uranium and some selected trace metals in human scalp hair from Balkans

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 220-223

  Zunic, Z S ^a   Tokonami, S ^b   Mishra, S ^c   Arae, H ^c   Kritsananuwat, R ^c   Sahoo, S K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; SOLVENT; SULFURIC ACID; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; BALKAN PENINSULA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BALKAN PENINSULA; CHINA; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SOLVENTS; SULFURIC ACIDS; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER;

EID: 84870445425     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs225     Document Type: Article

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