Elevated hair levels of cadmium and lead in school children exposed to smoking and in highways near schools

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 52-56

  Özden, Tülin Ayşe ^a   Gökçay, Gülbin ^a   Ertem, Hayriye Vehid ^a   Süoǧlu, Özlem Durmaz ^a   Kiliç, Ayşe ^a   Sökücü, Semra ^b   Saner, Günay ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Environmental exposure; Hair analysis; Lead; School children; Smoking; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALP HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CADMIUM; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33845766353     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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