Toenails for Biomonitoring of Environmental Exposures

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 360-366

  Slotnick, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarkers; Biomonitoring; Drinking water; Elements; Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Metals; Selenium; Toenails

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918589042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00371-8     Document Type: Chapter

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