Low cadmium concentration in whole blood from residents of Northern Sardinia (Italy) with special reference to smoking habits

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-52

  Madeddu, Roberto ^a   Muresu, E ^a   Montella, A ^a   Chessa, G ^b   Cherchi, G B ^c   Piras, P ^b   Vargiu, P ^c   Tolu, P ^a   Pirino, A ^a   Prados, J C ^d   Castiglia, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^c Neurology Unit   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood; Cadmium; Smoking habit

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADMIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549101718     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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