Exposure assessment of male recruits in Slovenia to cadmium and lead due to biological monitoring

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-390

  Eržen, Ivan ^a   Kragelj, Lijana Zaletel ^b  

^a Institute of Public Health Celje   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lead; Whole blood concentration; Young males

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; WATER;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD EXAMINATION; EATING HABIT; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVENIA; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; SLOVENIA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 5644278733     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500335     Document Type: Article

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