Cadmium exposure pathways in a population living near a battery plant

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 447-455

  Hellström, Lennart ^a,b   Persson, Bodil ^c   Brudin, Lars ^d   Grawé, Kierstin Petersson ^e   Öborn, Ingrid ^f   Järup, Lars ^g,h  

^a Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Regional Chief Executive's Staff and Department of Communicable Diseases and Disease Control   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Carrots; Exposure; Human dose; Locally grown food; Potatoes

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CIGARETTE FILTERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CARROTS; HUMAN DOSE; LOCALLY GROWN FOOD; POTATOES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CADMIUM;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; NICKEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CADMIUM POISONING; CARROT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TILLAGE; URINE LEVEL; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADMIUM; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33846598008     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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