Cadmium Measurements in Blood and Hair of Occupationally Non-Exposed Military Recruits and in the Foods of Plant Origin Produced in Slovenia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 538-544

  Eržen, Ivan ^a,c   Kragelj, Lijana Zaletel ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Institute of Public Health Celje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Blood; Cadmium; Food analysis; Hair; Slovenia; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD POISONING; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MILITARY PHENOMENA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SLOVENIA;

CADMIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SLOVENIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0242443928     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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