Blood nickel and chromium levels in association with smoking and occupational exposure among head and neck cancer patients in Tunisia

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 8282-8294

  Khlifi, Rim ^a,b   Olmedo, Pablo ^c   Gil, Fernando ^c   Feki Tounsi, Molka ^a,b   Chakroun, Amine ^d   Rebai, Ahmed ^b   Hamza Chaffai, Amel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d HUC Habib Borguiba Hospital   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chromium; Head and neck cancer; Nickel; Occupational exposure; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CANCER; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TUNISIA;

AGED; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TUNISIA;

TUNISIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84885927699     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1466-7     Document Type: Article

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