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Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry Volume 92, 2010 - Issue 9
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Toxic elements in well water from Malaysia

Masashi Kato Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences (Building No. 50, 11F), Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan; Voluntary Body for International Health Care, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shoko Onuma Voluntary Body for International Health Care, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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Yoko Kato Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences (Building No. 50, 11F), Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan; Voluntary Body for International Health Care, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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Nguyen D. Thang Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences (Building No. 50, 11F), Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan; Department of Dermatology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
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Ichiro Yajima Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences (Building No. 50, 11F), Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan; Voluntary Body for International Health Care, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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Mohammad Zahirul Hoque Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, School of Medicine, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
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Hossain Uddin Shekhar Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences (Building No. 50, 11F), Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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Pages 1609-1612 | Received 08 Feb 2010, Accepted 09 Feb 2010, Published online: 13 Sep 2010

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