Trace elements in scalp hair of children chronically exposed to volcanic activity (Mt. Etna, Italy)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-126

  Varrica, D ^a   Tamburo, E ^a   Dongarra G ^a   Sposito, F ^a  

^a Dip di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemometric analysis; Environmental geochemistry; Human biomonitoring; Metals in human hair; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; METALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; HUMAN HAIR; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; METALS AND METALLOIDS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; WATER; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAIR; PLUME; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLCANO;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; METALS IN HUMAN HAIR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METALS; SEX FACTORS; SICILY; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84885466871     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.058     Document Type: Article

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