Accumulation of cadmium in livers and kidneys in Greenlanders

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-63

  Johansen, Poul ^a   Mulvad, Gert ^b,c   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^b,c   Hansen, Jens C ^c   Riget, Frank ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cadmium; Diet; Kidney; Liver; Man

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CADMIUM; NUTRITION; TISSUE;

AUTOPSY; KIDNEYS; LIVER; MAN;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CADMIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNOASSAY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEAFOOD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; GREENLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREENLAND; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ARCTIC; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33751117488     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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