High cadmium concentrations in areas with endemic fluorosis: A serious hidden toxin?

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Tang, Jiang ^a,b   Xiao, Tangfu ^a   Wang, Shijie ^a   Lei, Jiali ^b   Zhang, Maozhong ^b   Gong, Yuanyuan ^b,c   Li, Huajun ^d   Ning, Zengping ^a   He, Libin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Southeast Sichuan Geological Survey   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Wushan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Endemic disease; Fluorine; Three Gorges region of China

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COAL; CROPS; FLUORINE; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ENDEMIC FLUOROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; IN-DEPTH STUDY; LOCAL RESIDENTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; THREE GORGES REGION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

CADMIUM; COAL; FLUORINE; TOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BEDROCK; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORINE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROCK; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE LEVEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES;

EID: 67349092468     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.064     Document Type: Article

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