Environmental Specimen Bank for Human Tissues

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 507-527

  Wiesmuller G A ^a   Gies, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

24 h urine; Environmental Specimen Bank; Environmental Specimen Bank for Human Tissues; Human biomonitoring; Human blood; Inorganic; Organic; Perinatal archive; Real time monitoring; Retrospective monitoring; Trend monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876705817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00450-5     Document Type: Chapter

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