German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III): Environmental pollutants in the urine of the German population

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-24

  Becker, Kerstin ^a   Schulz, Christine ^a   Kaus, Susanne ^a   Seiwert, Margarete ^a   Seifert, Bernd ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Chlorophenols; Cotinine; ETS; Exposure to tobacco smoke; German Environmental Survey (GerES); Human biomonitoring; Mercury; Nicotine; Noble metals; PAH metabolites; PCP; Representative population study; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLOROPHENOL; COTININE; GOLD; IRIDIUM; MERCURY; NICOTINE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PLATINUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; URINALYSIS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037286638     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00188     Document Type: Article

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