Urban population exposure to lead and cadmium in east and south-east Asia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 249, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 373-384

  Ikeda, Masayuki ^a   Zhang, Zuo Wen ^b   Shimbo, Shinichiro ^b   Watanabe, Takao ^c   Nakatsuka, Haruo ^d   Moon, Chan Seok ^e   Matsuda Inoguchi, Naoko ^d   Higashikawa, Kae ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia; Atmosphere; Blood; Cadmium; Food; Lead; Urine; Women

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

CADMIUM; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CADMIUM; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEAD; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA;

EID: 0034678887     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00527-6     Document Type: Article

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