Ultrasonic assessment of calcaneus in inhabitants in a cadmium-polluted area

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-140

  Tsuritani, Ikiko ^a   Honda, Ryumon ^a   Ishizaki, Masao ^a   Yamada, Yuichi ^a   Nishijo, Muneko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE INJURY; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MICRODENSITOMETRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BONE DENSITY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; CALCANEUS; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0029971981     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841096161384     Document Type: Article

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