Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cr and Hg) in the general adult population near an urban waste treatment plant in Biscay, Spain, in 2006;Metales pesados (Pb, Cd, Cr y Hg) en población general adulta próxima a una planta de tratamiento de residuos urbanos de Bizkaia

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 481-492

  Zubero Oleagoitia, Miren Begoña ^a   Aurrekoetxea Agirre, Juan José ^a,b   Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María ^b   Arenaza Amezaga, Maria Jesús ^c   Basterretxea Irurzun, Mikel ^b   Rodríguez Andrés, Carlos ^a   Sáenz Domínguez, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Departamento Sanidad Gobierno Vasco   (Spain)

^c OSALAN Instituto Vasco de Seguridad y Salud Laborales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Lead cadmium chromium mercury population surveillance, incineration

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349143863     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: 16969820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1135-57272008000500004     Document Type: Article

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