Determination of heavy metals in the common smokeless tobacco Afzal in Oman

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Al Mukhaini, Nawal ^a   Ba Omar, Taher ^a   Eltayeb, Elsadig ^a   Al Shehi, Aisha ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Heavy Metals; Oman; Smokeless Tobaccos; Spectrum Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904689633     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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