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Biological Monitoring of Vanadium

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Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals

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Vanadium is a very common greyish-white metal and nonessential to man. It does not exist in the free state and is difficult to obtain in pure metal form. Carnotite is the most important mineral for vanadium extraction. Vanadium is also found in some petroleums and bitumens. The most widely used compounds are: vanadium dioxide (VO2), vanadium tri oxide (V2O3), vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), sodium metavanadate (NaVO3), vanadium tetrachloride (VC14) and vanadium sulfide (VS).

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  1. Unit of Occupational Health, University of Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25100, Brescia, Italy

    L. Alessio & A. Dell’Orto

  2. Institute of Occupational Health, University of Milan, via S. Barnaba 8, 20100, Milan, Italy

    M. Maroni

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  1. University of Rochester Shool of Medicine, Rochester, New York, USA

    Thomas W. Clarkson

  2. The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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  3. University of Umea, Umea, Sweden

    Gunnar F. Nordberg

  4. Stauffer Chemical Company, Farmington, Connecticut, USA

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Alessio, L., Maroni, M., Dell’Orto, A. (1988). Biological Monitoring of Vanadium. In: Clarkson, T.W., Friberg, L., Nordberg, G.F., Sager, P.R. (eds) Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals. Rochester Series on Environmental Toxicity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0961-1_19

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