Evaluation of urinary cadmium and lead as markers of background exposure of middle-aged women in Korea

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-256

  Moon, Chan Seok ^a,d   Zhang, Zuo Wen ^a   Shimbo, Shinichiro ^b   Watanabe, Takao ^c   Moon, Deog Hwan ^d   Lee, Chae Un ^d   Lee, Byung Kook ^e   Ahn, Kyu Dong ^e   Lee, Se Hoon ^f   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a,g  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

^e Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^f The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^g KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; Cadmium; Korean women; Lead; Marker of nonoccupational exposure; Urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KOREA; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; RELATIVE DENSITY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 7144229380     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050277     Document Type: Article

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