Cadmium-exposed population in Mae Sot District, Tak Province: 1. Prevalence of high urinary cadmium levels in the adults

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-148

  Swaddiwudhipong, Witaya ^a   Limpatanachote, Pisit ^a   Mahasakpan, Pranee ^a   Krintratun, Somyot ^a   Padungtod, Chantana ^b  

^a MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Rice consumption; Smoking; Urinary cadmium

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ACIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CADMIUM POISONING; COLORIMETRY; CONTAMINATION; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RICE; THAILAND; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING CESSATION; THAILAND;

EID: 33846972639     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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