The German Environmental Survey 1990/1992 (GerES II): Cadmium in blood, urine and hair of adults and children

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 126-135

  Hoffmann, Kurt ^a   Becker, Kerstin ^a   Friedrich, Christian ^a   Helm, Dieter ^a   Krause, Christian ^a   Seifert, Bernd ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Blood; Cadmium; Children; GerES; German Environmental Survey; Human biomonitoring; Multiple regression model; Urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034056852     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500081     Document Type: Article

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