Toenail cerium levels and risk of a first acute myocardial infarction: The EURAMIC and heavy metals study

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-120

  Gómez Aracena, Jorge ^a,b   Riemersma, Rudolph A ^c,d   Gutiérrez Bedmar, Mario ^a   Bode, Peter ^e   Kark, Jeremy D ^f   Garcia Rodríguez, Antonio ^a   Gorgojo, Lydia ^g   Veer, Pieter van't ^h   Fernández Crehuet, Joaquin ^a   Kok, Frans J ^h   Martin Moreno, José M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cardiovascular risk factor; EURAMIC; Lycopene; Scandium

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR; EURAMIC; LYCOPENE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PIGMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDIUM;

HEALTH RISKS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CERIUM; HEAVY METAL; LYCOPENE; MERCURY; SCANDIUM; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; PIGMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDIUM;

ALCOHOL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CERIUM; DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; HYPERTENSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCANDIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NAIL BED; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERIUM; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NAILS; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33646832947     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.10.062     Document Type: Article

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