Exposure of the Population of Berlin to Promatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals - An Aspect Investigated as Part of a Study of Traffic-Related Effects on Health;Untersuchung zur Belastung der Berliner Bevölkerung mit aromatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen und Schwermetallen im Rahmen einer Studie zu den gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen des Kfz-Verkehrs

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 59, Issue 8-9, 1997, Pages 512-518

  Fromme, H ^a   Beyer, A ^b   Meusel, K ^c   Baudisch, H ^a   Laue, W ^c  

^a Inst Umweltanalytik/H   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitsamt Steglitz von Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^c Senatsverwaitung F Gesundheit S   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Biological monitoring; Blood; Cadmium; Lead

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CADMIUM; LEAD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CADMIUM POISONING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BERLIN; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031196527     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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