Blood and urine levels of Pb, Cd and Hg in the general population of the Czech Republic and proposed reference values

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-366

  Batáriová, Andrea ^a,b   Spěváčková, Věra ^a   Beneš, Bohuslav ^a   Čejchanová, Mája ^a   Šmíd, Jiří ^a   Černá, Milena ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Blood; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Reference values; Urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CREATININE; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URINE; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 33745261822     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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