Gender differences in correlations between the content of elements in rain water and the frequency of hospitalization for arterial hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and psoriasis in opole voivodship, Poland, during 2000-2002

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 98-105

  Tubek, Sławomir ^a   Tubek, Stanisław ^b   Szyguła, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; COPD; Elements in rain water; Gender dependent differences; Hospitalizations; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SODIUM; SULFATE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; PSORIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POLAND; PSORIASIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RAIN; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 64849104959     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8200-1     Document Type: Article

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