Levels of cadmium and lead in blood: An application of validated methods in a group of patients with endocrine/metabolic disorders from the Rome area

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 349-355

  Castelli, Marco ^a   Rossi, Barbara ^a   Corsetti, Federica ^a   Mantovani, Alberto ^a   Spera, Giovanni ^b   Lubrano, Carla ^b   Silvestroni, Leopoldo ^b   Patriarca, Marina ^a   Chiodo, Ferdinando ^a   Menditto, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupter; Environmental contaminant; Human study; Method performance; Uncertainty of measurement

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 19944433046     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2004.05.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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