Tissue levels of cadmium and trace elements in patients with myoma and uterine cancer

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 623-630

  Nasiadek, Marzenna ^a   Krawczyk, T ^b   Sapota, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cancer; Myoma; Trace elements; Uterine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MYOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CADMIUM; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; UTERUS;

EID: 29544452425     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327105ht575oa     Document Type: Article

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