Erratum to: Lead in drinking water and human blood in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia (Arab J Geosci, (2013), 6, (3103-3109), 10.1007/s12517-012-0551-4);Lead in drinking water and human blood in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3103-3109

  Al Othman, Abdulaziz M ^a   Al Othman, Zeid A ^b   El Desoky, Gaber E ^b,c   Aboul Soud, Mourad A M ^a,c   Habila, Mohamed A ^b   Giesy, John P ^a,d,e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human health; Lead; Middle East; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; PLASMA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84877702325     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-1051-x     Document Type: Erratum

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