Reduced cadmium levels in human kidney cortex in Sweden

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 175-178

  Friis, Lennart ^a   Petersson, Lars ^b   Edling, Christer ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cadmium; Human; Kidney cortex; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIET; FEMALE; GRAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOIL; SWEDEN; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0031955499     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106175     Document Type: Article

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