Toxic and essential elements in children's blood (<6 years) from Kinshasa, DRC (the Democratic Republic of Congo)

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-49

  Tuakuila, J ^a,b   Kabamba, M ^a   Mata, H ^a   Mata, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Kinshasa; Toxic and essential elements; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MANGANESE BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURIALISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILDREN; KINSHASA; TOXIC AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; WHOLE BLOOD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MOLYBDENUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84890866017     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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