Cadmium exposure of women in general populations in Japan during 1991-1997 compared with 1977-1981

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-34

  Watanabe, T ^a   Zhang, Z W ^b   Moon, C S ^c   Shimbo, S ^b   Nakatsuka, H ^d   Matsuda Inoguchi, N ^d   Higashikawa, K ^e   Ikeda, M ^e  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

^d MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological exposure monitoring; Blood; Cadmium environmental exposure; Food; Japanese women; Urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CREATININE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RICE; SMOKING CESSATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034092553     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007934     Document Type: Article

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