Kidney disease mortality and environmental exposure to mercury

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-77

  Hodgson, Susan ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a   Elliott, Paul ^a   Jarup, Lars ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Environmental exposure; Kidney diseases; Mercury; Mortality; Solvents

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; SOLVENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISORDER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORTALITY RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HALTON; RUNCORN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845872004     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj345     Document Type: Article

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