Cadmium, mercury, and lead in kidney cortex of the general Swedish population: A study of biopsies from living kidney donors

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 867-871

  Barregård, Lars ^a,d   Svalander, Christian ^a   Schütz, Andrejs ^b   Westberg, Gunnar ^a   Sällsten, Gerd ^a   Blohmé, Ingemar ^a   Mölne, Johan ^a   Attman, Per Ola ^a   Haglind, Per ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c City of Goteborg ^*  (Sweden)

^d University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cadmium; Heavy metals; Kidney; Kidney donors; Lead; Mercury; Renal cortex

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DENTAL ALLOY; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0344339156     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107867     Document Type: Article

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