Association between toenail scandium levels and risk of acute myocardial infarction in European men: The EURAMIC and Heavy Metals Study

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 353-360

  Gómez Aracena, Jorge ^a   Martin Moreno, José M ^b   Riemersma, Rudolph A ^c   Bode, Peter ^d   Gutiérrez Bedmar, Mario ^a   Gorgojo, Lydia ^b   Kark, Jeremy D ^e   Garcia Rodríguez, Antonio ^a   Gomez Gracia, Enrique ^a   Kardinaal, Alwine Fm ^f   Aro, Antti ^g   Veer, Pieter Van't ^h   Wedel, Hans ⁱ   Kok, Frans J ^h   Fernández Crehuet, Joaquin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; HEAVY METAL; LYCOPENE; MERCURY; OLEIC ACID; SCANDIUM; SELENIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL RECOVERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TISSUE LEVEL; TOE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NAILS; RISK FACTORS; SCANDIUM;

EID: 12144287404     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233702th156oa     Document Type: Article

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