The public health implications of farming cattle in areas with high background concentrations of vanadium

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 281-290

  Gummow, B ^a   Botha, C J ^a   Noordhuizen, J P T M ^b   Heesterbeek, J A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle; Environmental epidemiology; Meat; Milk; Safety; Tissue concentrations; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

VANADIUM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MILK; POLLUTANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOIL; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MILK; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL; VANADIUM;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27744505277     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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