Reduced cadmium and lead burden in Japan in the past 10 years

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 305-314

  Watanabe, Takao ^b   Nakatsuka, Haruo ^c   Shimbo, Shinichiro ^d   Iwami, Okujou ^a   Imai, Yoshiko ^a   Moon, Chan Seok ^a   Zhang, Zuo Wen ^a   Iguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood level; Cadmium; Dietary intake; Japan; Lead

Indexed keywords

BORON; CADMIUM; FLUORINE; GRAPHITE; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FURNACE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0030018309     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00409415     Document Type: Article

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