Cadmium levels in kidney and liver of Jamaicans at autopsy

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 76-80

  Lalor, Gerald C ^a   Rattray, R ^a   Williams, N ^a   Wright, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAMAICA; JAPAN; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOIL POLLUTION; SWEDEN; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CADMIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 2942665610     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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