Cadmium concentrations in blood related to smoking habits in a group of males aged between 18 and 26 years

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-65

  Erzen, I ^a,c   Kragelj, L Zlatel ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Blood; Cadmium; Smoking; Young males

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLOVENIA; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 30544455195     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/TEP23060     Document Type: Article

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