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Biological Monitoring of Tin

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Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals

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Tin is a soft, silvery-white metal. The principal sources are found in South East Asia and Bolivia. Tin is obtained mainly from casserite and to some extent from other ores in combination with other metals.

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

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

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  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., Dell’Orto, A. (1988). Biological Monitoring of Tin. 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_18

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