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Survey of trace elements in human nails: An international comparison

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  1. Fukui Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Fukui City, Japan

    Y. Takagi & S. Matsuda

  2. Shimazu Corporation, Japan

    S. Imai, Y. Ohmori & T. Masuda

  3. University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

    J. A. Vinson

  4. Université de Moncton, E1A 3E9, Moncton, NB, Canada

    M. C. Mehra

  5. Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

    B. K. Puri

  6. Institute of Social Medicine, Medical Academy, Poznan, Poland

    A. Kaniewski

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Takagi, Y., Matsuda, S., Imai, S. et al. Survey of trace elements in human nails: An international comparison. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41, 690–695 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02021020

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