Assessing the risk from environmental cadmium exposure

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 432-436

  Wood, Annette L ^a  

^a Birmingham Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cadmium; chronic environmental exposure; cross sectional study with matching

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SOIL POLLUTION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CADMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0030479218     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024541     Document Type: Article

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