Cadmium and selenium in blood and urine related to smoking habits and previous exposure to mercury vapour

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 337-343

  Ellingsen, Dag G ^a   Thomassen, Yngvar ^b   Aaseth, Jan ^c   Alexander, Jan ^d  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cumulative urinary mercury; Interrelationship; Selenium; Smoking habits; Urine; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VAPOR;

ADULT; CADMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030880250     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199709)17:5<337::AID-JAT457>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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